ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR BYALA (Valeri Yotov – valeri.yotov@gmail.com, Alexander Minchev) Building No. 15 and the street of the 6th century AD that separated it from Building No. 16 were entirely excavated. The street was 1.80 – 1.90 m wide paved with trampled small stones, sherds and animal bones. It began from the western fortification gate and reached the Early Christian basilica. A layer with traces from fire was discovered over the street, containing roof-tiles and fragmentary sun-dried bricks from both buildings that collapsed. Two ceramic stands for vessels were found close to the southwestern corner of Building No. 16. Part of Building No. 26 was explored. A hoard was discovered, containing five bronze coins of the 6th century AD and a bronze lamp of the 3rd century AD that was used during Late Antiquity. Over 10 dolia were also discovered, indicating that the building was probably a wine cellar related to Winery No. 1. Building No. 27 had two rooms and stone walls up to 40 cm wide. It was a one-storey house. A pool for crushing grapes in Winery No. 4 was discovered, built of stones and bricks and 2.50 m by 2.50 m in size. A dug-out dolium was excavated in front of the pool and its mouth was 1 m in diameter. Roof-tiles, bricks and fragmentary sun-dried bricks were found, indicating that the winery was either a building or a shelter. Bronze coins of the 6th century AD were also found. The Late Antique town was an important center of wine production on the West Pontic coast.