ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN PRESLAV (Zhivko Aladzhov – naim@naim.bg) The explorations of the street continued. It begins from the southern square in front of the Patriarchate of Preslav and probably is directed towards the southwestern circular corner tower of the fortification wall. The section of the street explored is 57 m long. It is 1.95 m wide, including both curbstones. A building consisting of parallel rooms arranged in a line, over 40 m long and over 7 m wide, adjoined the eastern side of the street. The walls of the building are 1.20 – 1.50 m wide. The façade is oriented to the east. There was a second southern churchyard of the Patriarchate located to the east. It had three levels. The lowest level dates to the beginning of the 10th century, judging from e seal belonging to Bulgarian King Petar I (AD 927 – 969) with Queen Maria-Irene. The upmost level is dated by two copper coins of Bulgarian King Mitso Asen (1256 – 1263) who resided in Preslav during the 13th century. After the invasion of the Pechenegs in the middle of the 11th century the city dwindled. Pits, the remains of houses, two domestic ovens and graves in the cemetery of the 11th – 12th centuries, related to the period of decline, were discovered. The finds from the excavations include a bone scabbard of a knife, fragmentary building ceramics, sherds mostly of the 11th – 12th centuries, copper coins (Latin imitations), pieces of white marble and red slate from mosaics in opus sectile, fragments from limestone architectural decoration and animal bones.