Another important coastal Minoan settlement that complements our knowledge of the coastal settlements of the northern axis of Mylopotamos and of Crete in general is located in the bay called “Kalo Horafi”, west of Siso. The systematic excavation carried out in recent years, by the director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Rethymno A. Tzigounaki, revealed an extensive Minoan settlement with a strong large building on top of a low hill. The excavation research has so far revealed part of this building complex, of large dimensions of the MM III – YMI years (1750 – 1500 BC), which corresponds to the transitional period from the old to the new palaces and the beginning of the Neopalatial period. The building complex, oriented NW/SE-SW/NE, is defined by two strong walls to the SW and NW with a platform, follows and uses the slope of the hill and is characterized by two sections with sixteen excavated spaces to date. In some areas there was a second floor, while some were wall-painted.
During the Post-Palace period, perhaps YM IIIB (1300 – 1200 BC), on a part of the MM III – YM I building complex, a building was constructed, with strong walls, different orientation (N-S and E-W) and with movable finds of a cultic nature.
The presence of writing, such as inscribed signs of Linear A on vases and the inscribed sign of the Cyprominoan writing on disk-shaped agnitha (textile weight), sealed vessels, seals, as well as the presence of metals attest to the range of contacts of the Minoan settlement and connect it to overseas routes and the palace system of Crete.