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south. 73 This is another indication of the particular connection of
the two sites, which most probably formed a dual settlement pattern:
the higher site, Katalymata, being the refuge/seasonal settlement
and the lower, Chalasmenos, being a more permanent base. 74
The site is composed of at least ten units that represent either
houses or house-clusters arranged on three distinct areas of building:
the upper settlement (buildings A–C), the middle settlement
(buildings E–K) and the lower settlement (building L). 75 The only
access to the site is a narrow ledge reached from the base of the
gorge. Through the entry path and building D, one can gain access
to the more inaccessible upper settlement, composed of buildings
A–C. Building C is not only the best preserved but also the largest
and best situated house of the site (fig. 13). 76 The shape of its terrace
and the exigencies of the terrain necessitated the curving of
the south-southeast wall of the structure, although curvilinear
building forms were not popular in Early Iron Age Crete. The
household consisted of seven rooms and had a total size of approximately
47–50 sq. m (fig. 14). 77 It was entered from its southwest
corner and comprised an “outdoor” arrangement, possibly a porch
or courtyard between rooms 1 and 2, with room 2 being an extension
of the courtyard. Rooms 1 and 2 seem to have been only partially
enclosed. The completely exposed bedrock in room 1 is in
marked contrast with the clay floor and ceiling debris of rooms 2
and 3–4. Room 1 opens to rooms 2 and 3 at the east and to room 4
at the north. Room 4 seems to be a corridor linking rooms 2 and 3
with 5–7. The main living room is room 5, the most elaborate and
largest room. This room was probably used as a living/sleeping
area. The rooms 6 and 7 which may have been further divided were
probably used as rear storage rooms separated from the main
sleeping area but accessible from room 4, the corridor. Pottery was
most abundant in rooms 3 and 4, and storage and cooking func-
73 NOWICKI (2000) 92–97, fig. 40; HAGGIS – NOWICKI (1993) fig. 2–
3.
74 BOYD (1904) 17–18; PENDLEBURY (1936/1937) 194–200; PEN-
DLEBURY (1939) 326.
75 HAGGIS – NOWICKI (1993) 318–319, fig. 8. pl. 70 b.
76 HAGGIS – NOWICKI (1993) 323–325, fig. 13
77 NOWICKI (2000) 94–96, fig. 42; HAGGIS – NOWICKI (1993) fig. 13.