The early Iron Age site, first excavated in 1917, was most prosperous in the 8th–6th centuries BCE;  later it became a minor satellite of Knossos and continued to be occupied into the Byzantine period.
An Iron Age site, initially discovered in 1917, experienced its peak prosperity between the 8th and 6th centuries BCE.  Subsequently, it transitioned into a less significant settlement connected to Knossos and remained occupied until the Byzantine era.