ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF DELYAN (Aneta Bakamska – abakamska@gmail.com, Philip Mihailov) Seventeen sondages were carried out. Burial structures constructed of stones dated to the 6th – 5th centuries BC were discovered in Sondages Nos. 8, 14, 15 and 17. Structure No. 1 in Sondage No. 8 was a pile of stones, 10 m by 9 m in size. Structure No. 2 in Sondage No. 14 was c. 30 m in diameter. Structure No. 4 in Sondage No. 17 was a bank of stones, c. 12 m wide and over 30 m long. Thracian pottery, a fibula, a glass bead and a spearhead were found among the stones of the structures. A grave with ellipsoid layout and 3.60 m by 2.70 m in size was explored in the center of Structure No. 1. The grave contained human ashes from cremation performed outside the burial space, Thracian sherds, several small ceramic vessels, a silver ring, an iron knife, a loom weight, a spindle whorl, an iron ring and a bronze fibula. The grave goods dated the burial to the end of 6th – beginning of the 5th century BC. A smaller pile of stones was discovered under that structure. It covered an earlier burial pit dug out into the ground. The burial pit contained stones and charcoal and cremated human bones spread on them. Fragments of a Thracian ceramic urn were discovered in the pit. The cemetery was related to a synchronous settlement situated at c. 150 m to the east.