ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN PLISKA (Lyudmila Doncheva–Petkova – ldoncheva_petkova@abv.bg, Konstantin Konstantinov, Evgenia Komatarova–Balinova) The sector explored had an area of 250 sq. m and was located in the northern part of the trade and craft rooms and to the west of them. The northern outer wall of building No. 3, discovered in 2006, was explored. The wall is 4.50 m long and 70 cm wide. A domestic oven, constructed of clay and stones, was discovered. Charcoal, animal bones, sherds and a small pot of the 10th century were found inside the oven. A wall, 2.20 m long and 80 cm wide, built of ashlars, was discovered against the northern wall of building No. 3. Room No. 19, 4.50 m by 3.70 m in size, and room No. 20 (or building No. 4), 11.65 m long, were discovered. An oven and five pits were documented in room No. 20. Pit No. 11 contained a Byzantine anonymous follis of Class A-2 (AD 976 – 1030/1035). The room was a workshop. The pottery from the upper layers of the sector dates to the 11th century. Pots and jugs, some of them glazed, and Pecheneg cauldrons occurred. The finds include two finger-rings, appliqués, belt points, glass bracelets and two arrowheads. Eleven postholes arranged in two rows were documented.