Excavations west of the Protominoan cemetery, on a hill named Koufota, uncovered the remains of an extensive Protominoan II structure with a rectangular plan, long walls that reach almost 30 m, and 37 chambers arranged in a structure around the central court-yard.
Stone tools, pottery, loom weights, and spindle whorls were discovered there.
The most significant element was the fact that the building structure was surrounded by a wall, most probably a fortification wall, with a width of 1,50m, lending credence to the view that there were fortifications in Minoan Crete.
Source: book of N. Papadakis, archaeologist: ΣΗΤΕΙΑ, 2000
Translated and edited by: Yallou