Petsophas was a Minoan religious place - peak sanctuary ( c. 2700 to 1450 BC) atop a hill. Excavations unearthed the human and animal clay figurines of weasels and tortoises.
- Krzysztof Nowicki, Minoan Peak Sanctuaries: Reassessing their Origins , s.34 nn - http://www2.ulg.ac.be/archgrec/IMG/aegeum/aegaeum22%28pdf%29/06%20NOWICKI.pdf
- Jan Driessen, Minoan settlement at Palaikastro, L'Habitat égéenVolume: L’habitat égéen préhistorique, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique Supplement 19, 1992, pp, 395-412.