In the Early Neolithic, the settlement was on the Kephala hill northern and western of the Aceramic settlement (which lay in the north-eastern part of the Central Court of the Palace). According to Evans, there were between 200 and 400 inhabitants, and according to Whitelaw a substantial expanse of Knossos is verified (0,3 ha Tomkins).

In Early Neolithic layers in the area AC, there were burials of fetuses, neonates and infants in a contracted position.

Cattle and pigs probably comprised of only one population on Crete.

The development of the lithics-industry differs a lot from the one in Franchthi (Greek mainland); Crete didn't play a big part in the exchange of inventions, products and raw materials.

There probably was a close connection between status and access to resources in the Early Neolithic. Therefore, the communal consumption of objects that symbolized this access, was a symbolic capital. Getting goods from farther away (from the Gulf of Mirabello or even further) was of a certain significance. 