ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF SINAPOVO (Daniela Agre – daniela.agre@abv.bg, Deyan Dichev) The tumulus was 25 – 26 m in diameter and 3.20 m in height. The tumular embankment had at least three stages of construction and eight graves were explored in its southern half. The bodies were laid on their back with folded legs and heads to east, west or north. The body in Grave No. 5 was laid in a Hocker position. The dead are seven adults and a child (Grave No. 5). Grave No. 6 was the primary burial situated almost in the tumulus’ center. Red ochre was documented on the pelvis and the legs of the dead. The burial pit of Grave No. 5 partly overlapped the burial pit of grave No. 6. Graves Nos. 1 and 4 were situated at the highest position within the tumular embankment and were probably the latest ones. Red ochre was documented close to the skulls of the dead in Graves Nos. 1, 2 and 7. A ceramic cup was found in Grave No. 4 and a sherd in Grave No. 6. A funerary feast was carried out on the periphery of the primary small mound and sherds from five vessels were discovered on the level of the ancient terrain. The pottery and the mortuary practices allow us to date the eight burials to the Early Bronze Age. A toe from an amphora from Peparethos dated to 320/315 – 290/280 BC was found in the eastern periphery of the tumulus, most probably from a destroyed Thracian burial. The tumulus was related to two Early Bronze Age settlements located at c. 700 m distance.