APOLLONIA (Krastina Panaiotova – kpanayotova@abv.bg, Margarit Damyanov) An area of c. 500 sq. m in the necropolis was explored. A platform of roughly-cut stones was documented and Late Neolithic sherds were found. A large quantity of decorated Thracian sherds from pots, dishes, cups, jugs and amphora-like vessels of the First Phase of the Early Iron Age (11th – 9th centuries BC), spindle whorls and fragmentary burned wattle-and-daub from destroyed houses were found. Apparently these were remains from a Thracian settlement. Remains from a large number of destroyed burials were documented as well: single human bones and skulls, two amphorae with bones from small children, black-figure and red-figure lekythoi, black-gloss cups and small bowls, askoi, small Corinthian vessels and terracotta figurines dated from the end of the 6th to the first decades of the 4th centuries BC. A pit was discovered, 5 m by 3.50 m in size and c. 1 m deep, containing sherds, including from amphorae of 300 – 250 BC. Two skeletons of adults and two skeletons of children were discovered, designated as Graves Nos. 4 – 7. The dead were thrown in the pit without any order and laid in unusual positions, while three of the skeletons were piled each above other. Apparently these were not regular burials. Probably these were the bodies of individuals who were killed or executed. Sherds from Roman and Late Antique amphorae were found on the site as well.