Agia Triada is situated a couple of kilometers from Phaistos on the west slope of a hill 30-40 meters above sea level and the excavated area measures 135 by 135 meters. A significant settlement on the site now known as Agia Triada existed in the Early Bronze Age, EM I. Further evidence of early settlement is the two Early Minoan tholos tombs together with their funerary rooms. Agia Triada was inhabited throughout the Middle Minoan period, but it is still not known how important the settlement was at that time. It is likely that the settled area was as large as it was to be in later times, though there is no evidence for grand buildings on the scale of the so-called Little Palace or Royal Villa that was built in the Neopalatial period.