At the site Valtos Leptokaryas (Greek Βάλτος Λεπτοκαρυάς) settlement remains from different periods of the Bronze Age and Christianity were discovered.
[2] The archaeological site (Valtos 1–3) is located north of the village Leptokarya, nearby the railway line Athens - Thessaloniki; it has an altitude from 5 to 13 meters above the sea.
[4][5] The archaeological site is divided chronologically into: The discovery of parts of a wall surrounding the settlement suggested an organized community.
Why the settlement was abandoned is unclear, but archaeologists found a layer of destruction stemming from a fire.
[6] The corpse of a woman was adorned with earrings made of a golden band that encircle a copper spiral.