ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF CHOKOBA (Krasimir Leshtakov – leshtakov@abv.bg) An occupation stratum was documented and at some places was over 1 m thick. The foundations of four houses of the Late Neolithic period of the 6th millennium BC (Karanovo IV) were explored in trenches B42-43, C42-43, E41, H41 and F11-G11. A hearth, burned clay walls, piles of stones and sherds were discovered. Four Neolithic pits, up to 1.50 m in diameter, were documented in trenches C42 and G11. Houses of the Late Bronze Age with walls of sun-dried bricks over plinths of stones were explored in trenches H44-45, A42-43, B/C41 and F/G34. Thirteen pits of the Late Bronze Age, 1 – 1.40 m in diameter and up to 2 m in depth, were explored. Some pits were ritual and contained ceramic vessels. The pottery included jugs, cups and kantharoi, decorated with incised ornaments and in Furchenstich technique, most often with white encrustation. The finds included a mould for producing bronze axes, metal objects and spindle whorls. The Late Bronze Age Settlement had two phases: second half of the 17th – 16th centuries BC and 15th – 12th centuries BC. Two buildings of the Late Iron Age with walls of sun-dried bricks over stone plinths and with complicated layouts comprising several rooms were explored in trenches D43-44/E43-44 and E33-34/F33-34/G33-34. Most probably, the buildings were related to the large quantity of iron slag documented in the central part of the site. Four Late Iron Age pits were explored. They contained amphorae from Thasos and Mende of the 5th century BC and from Heraclea Pontica and Thasos of the first half of the 4th century BC. The Late Iron Age site dated to the 6th – 4th centuries BC. Three Early Mediaeval houses were discovered, identified by two stone stoves and a hearth. The finds included pottery (pots, a small dish and an amphora), a bead and spindle whorls. The Early Mediaeval site dated to the end of the 7th – beginning of the 9th centuries AD.