ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF ISKRA (Ivan Dzhambov – djambov@uni-plovdiv.bg, Petya Kaloferova, Georgi Mitrev) The exploration of the church dated to the 11th – 14th centuries continued. The explorations in trench 11 confirmed that the floor was constructed of bricks. The discovery of charcoal supported the hypothesis of a fire. Two graves were explored in trench 3. Grave No. 7 was a single burial without a coffin and grave goods. Grave No. 8 contained secondary burials. Five skulls and parts of the skeletons were found. There were no grave goods. The western part of the church was explored in trenches 1A, 5A and 9A. The church was a single-nave and single-apse, with a single-room narthex and an entrance from the west. There was a chapel adjacent to the northern side of the church and another adjacent room from the south. The western wall of the southern room adjoins the wall of the church. The room was built of uneven stones bonded with mortar and was synchronous to the church. A niche shaped with mortar, measuring 47 cm by 52 cm, was discovered at the southwestern inner corner of the narthex. A stone round shot was incorporated into the wall. Fragmentary sgraffito pottery and window glass and a fragment of a glass bracelet were found in addition to the plain pottery.