Kommos is a Greek prehistoric Bronze Age port and archaeological site in southern Crete. It was a busy port with connections to the Near East that continued into historic periods; rich finds reflect the importance of trade for the Cretan economy. The large storage vessels found there and speculated about the existence of a Bronze Age 鈥榗ustoms house'; excavations have been carried out by Maria Shaw since 1976.[4]The site built atop the ruins dwelling attached to the site; six respectably sized dwellings on the hillside to the North and a warren of stone rooms atop the hill of a community of farmers / fishermen. A paved section of road passing through the site; roads being difficult and expensive propositions at the time; along with the conversion to ship sheds suggests the use of the site as a harbour and customs house by a larger settlement; Nearby is the larger ruined Minoan settlement and palace of Phaistos; which was one of the principal cultural centres of Minoan Crete.