ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN KABIYUK (Stanislav Ivanov – stanislavivanovarh@gmail.com, Tihomir Tihov) A row of pits for timber columns, situated aside from the proto-Bulgarian pagan temple, was documented. The pits for timber columns Nos. 5, 6 and 16 were explored. The trenches from the foundations of the monumental pagan temple were documented. Mortar was found, but there were no ashlars preserved. The debris from the temple was explored and parts of the pavement constructed of ashlars were discovered below. Most of the ashlars were taken away during the demolition of the temple. An Early Byzantine marble capital with a cross in relief was discovered in trench 2Yu. It was reused in the proto-Bulgarian temple. Pits from timber columns and trenches were documented under the level of the pavement. A row of circular and quadrangle pits for timber columns was discovered to the south of the outer foundation of the temple. The necropolis with eight Christian graves explored during the past archaeological seasons was the latest complex on the site. It dated to the 10th – 11th centuries and was situated over the central part of the demolished pagan temple. The temple consisted of two quadrangle rooms, the smaller one situated inside the large one, and dated to the first half of the 9th century AD. It was most probably demolished after the Christianity was adopted in the First Bulgarian Kingdom in AD 864. The pits for timber columns, arranged in quadrangle around the inner room of the pagan temple, and the newly discovered pits and trenches belonged to the earliest complex on the site.