DEULTUM (Krasimira Kostova – kr.kostova@mail.bg) The explorations at the junction of the eastern cardo and the decumanus, adjoining the southeastern side of the thermae and dated to the 4th century AD, continued. In 1988, the eastern gate of Byzantine Dobeltos built after AD 457 and part of the fortification wall were explored in the neighboring sector. In 2015, a pavement of small crushed stones was discovered in front of the eastern fortification gate and the trampled layer under the pavement contained spolia: fragments from architectural decoration (volutes from Doric capitals, friezes and marble frames of windows). During the explorations of the pavement, 165 bronze coins were found. In the neighboring sectors, finds that originated from destroyed strata were discovered: sherds of the 5th – 8th centuries AD and 95 bronze coins, mostly of the first half of the 5th century AD. A stratum of the second half of the 7th – 8th centuries AD was explored and the finds included sherds, including from amphorae of the Type 35, Saraçhane, Istanbul, spindle whorls, bronze belt buckles, iron rings and arrowheads. Probably at the end of the 7th – beginning of the 8th centuries AD houses of sun-dried bricks were constructed in front of the fortification wall. Two sunken-floored dugouts of the 9th – 10th centuries AD were discovered, from the period after the proto-Bulgarian Han Krum conquered the town in AD 812. The finds from the dugouts included sherds, including from amphorae of the Type 35, Saraçhane, Istanbul, and pots of the Pastoral Type typical of the people of the First Bulgarian Kingdom.