ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF PET MOGILI (Krasimir Nikov – k_nikov29@yahoo.com, Rumyana Georgieva) The structure of the Late Bronze Age (1600/1500 – 1100 BC) was thoroughly explored in Sondage 2 West. It had an oval layout, 10 m by 4 m in size, and consisted of numerous oval and circular pits down to 50 cm in depth, containing fragmentary wattle-and-daub, Thracian sherds, animal bones and charcoal. Structure No. 1 was explored to the west of it. It had an oval layout, 9.80 m by 7.50 m in size, and consisted of oval and circular pits 40 – 90 cm in depth, containing Thracian sherds of the Late Bronze Age animal bones. The dug out structures were probably remains from buildings. A significant number of the animal bones belonged to cattle. The pottery predominantly included dolia, jugs and kantharoi. The exploration of ritual Pit No. 2 of the Late Iron Age continued. It was situated in the northeastern part of the Late Bronze Age structure in Sondage 2 West and contained charcoal, ash, sherds from Thracian and Greek pottery and animal bones. A skeleton of a sacrificed horse was discovered in the pit and its head and legs were cut off and placed separately. Two ritual pits of the Late Iron Age were explored, also dug within the Late Bronze Age structure in Sondage 2 West, and another ritual pit of the Late Iron Age was discovered, dug within Structure No. 1. The pits contained sherds, fragmentary wattle-and-daub, animal bones and charcoal. Sherds from imported Greek kylikes and amphorae from Thasos and Chios were found in Pit No. 2. Judging from the Greek pottery, the site dated to 475 – 350 BC.