ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR BANSKO (Vladimir Baryakov – vlbaryakov@mail.bg) The explorations continued in the northeastern sector of the site. A complex of buildings was thoroughly explored. Their walls were constructed of cut stones bonded with mortar and were c. 65 cm wide. The floors of some rooms were paved with bricks and they accommodated dolia dug out into the ground. A layer with debris and traces from fire, 40 – 60 cm thick, was documented. It contained sherds and Late Roman copper coins. Six Christian burials were explored close to the basilica. The graves were stone cists that did not contain any grave goods. The finds from the excavations included lead weights for fishing nets, terracotta loom weights, spindle whorls, fragments from glass windows, fragments from glass vessels, iron knives, iron keys, bronze buttons, earrings, bracelets, belt buckles, arrowheads, two sherds with graffiti, one of them in Cyrillic. The coins included Late Roman, Byzantine (including scyphates), Ottoman and a Kreutzer minted in 1781.