ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF KAPITAN ANDREEVO (Hristo Popov – popovhristo@yahoo.co.uk, Galina Grozdanova) Four ritual pits of the second phase of the Early Iron Age (8th – 6th centuries BC) were explored in the southern part of the Western Sondage. Fifty-seven structures of the Early Bronze Age (3500 – 1900 BC), the Iron Age and the Early Mediaeval period were discovered in Sector North. A house with ellipsoid lay-out, measuring 3.90 m by 2.70 m, and four ritual pits were explored. They date to the 2nd – 3rd phases (Mihalich and Sveti Kirilovo) of the Early Bronze Age. The house was dug down to 15 cm in depth. There are postholes, 7 – 10 cm in diameter, situated at 30 – 40 cm from each other along the periphery of the house. The pottery includes jugs and bowls. Part of an arch-like construction, probably remains of another Early Bronze Age house, was discovered. Ritual pits of the Early Iron Age (11th – 6th centuries BC) were explored. The area with the pits is more than 350 m in length and most pits date to the 10th – 6th centuries BC. The ritual pits from the Hellenistic period are bigger in size than the Early Iron Age pits. Patches of fragmentary wattle-and-daub, presumably remains of rectangular building, were explored. Sherds, fragments of eschara with lace decoration and a bronze coin of Maroneia of the first half of the 4th century BC were found. Five houses and seven midden pits of the Early Mediaeval period were explored. Fragmentary ceramic vessels and amphorae of the 7th – 9th centuries AD and a bronze coin minted by Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI were found. The coin is terminus post quem for the occupation of the settlement. The houses have square lay-out. Their hearths are situated in the northeastern corners, except for house No. 11.