troullos is the easternmost site of the archanes settlement. tourkoyeitonia, in central archanes, is the site of its palace, likely built in the middle minoan period. excavations began here in 1964 by j. sakellarakis. it contains features such as ashlar blocks, poros-stone plaques and blocks, plaster, wood, stucco floor tiles, gypsum, kouskoura slabs, mud bricks, ironstone blocks, schist plaques, blue marble flooring, incurved concave altars, wooden columns and pillars, frescoes and polytheron doorways. a variety of porphyrite stone lamps, vases, amphorae, cooking pots, cups, lamps, tools and every-day domestic items such as tweezers have been unearthed at the site. southwest of tourkoyeitonia, more of the palace is found. while little remains of the architecture, the walls that are preserved are middle minoan iii–late minoan ia. linear a tablets and the model of a house were excavated at the archive along with mmiii-lmia pottery and several unworked pieces of rock crystal, obsidian and steatite.