ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR BANSKO (Vladimir Baryakov – vlbaryakov@mail.bg) Walls, 60 – 65 cm wide and preserved up to 3.10 m in height, were discovered in the eastern part of the site. Their lower parts were built of stones bonded with mortar, while in a later period their upper parts were additionally built of reused stones, bricks and tegulae, originating from the earlier structures and bonded with mud. The layer with traces from fire was 40 – 50 cm thick and contained fragmentary roof-tiles and burned wood. A floor paved with bricks, 35 cm by 35 cm by 4 cm in size, arranged over a plaster of mortar, was documented on the level of the layer with traces from fire. Walls, 60 cm wide, constructed of stone slabs bonded with mortar, were discovered in the northeastern part of the site. The finds included fragmentary building ceramics, sherds, coins (mostly Roman), iron nails, fragments of glass vessels and fragmentary window glass. The explorations of the necropolis situated to the east of the basilica continued. Nine Christian graves were discovered, oriented east – west and arranged in a line. The burial pits were surrounded with cut stones and building ceramics. Two burials belonged to children, 5 – 7 years old, and one belonged to a baby. Judging from the grave goods and a coin from the Second Bulgarian Kingdom discovered in grave No. 14, the necropolis dated to the 13th – 14th centuries. Part of the eastern wall and the apse of a church, built of cut stones bonded with mortar, were explored in sondage No. 4 in the northeastern part of the site. The finds from the excavations included 166 bronze, copper and silver coins from the 3rd century AD to the 17th century, pottery, 15 dolia, iron knives, arrowheads, a small battle axe, hooks, buckles, latches and fasteners, bronze jewelry (fibulae, finger-rings, earrings, buttons and bracelets), and glass, iron and lead semimanifactures.