Concerning the proximity of Minoan
settlements to springs, tectonic faults and overthrusts were extracted from the digital geological map in the GIS.
Similar to the processing of potential transit roads a buffer of 300 m was calculated around these structures,
representing a plausible zone around the geological elements suitable for human colonisation. After preparing all
determinants, the final analysis of spatial relationships and correlations between the influencing variables was
carried out by calculating a layer intersection of spatial attributes.