Iron age
Geometric period (970 – 700 BC)
668 BC: Participation of Aptera in the Second Messinian War
Pausanias mentions that in the Second Messinian War (668 BC), archers from various cities of
Crete, including Apteraians, fought on the side of the Lacedaemonians against the Messenians.
Pithotafi, G. Kelaidi residence (8th century BC)
Archaic period (700-490/80 BC)
Archaic building on the Blue Coast of
Kalyvo (7th century BC)
Archaic house, Azoire (6th century BC)