 Marinatos's choice of site proved to be correct and just a few hours into the excavation, the remains of the buried city began to be discovered.The next step was to determine the extent of the city, to which it took two whole seasons devoted to the site in 1967 and 1968.In the early years of the excavation, a great deal of attention was paid towards the organization of proper facilities for the dig, including substantial workshops, laboratories built for storage, repair and treatment and areas for examination of archaeological finds.