ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN PLISKA (Lyudmila Doncheva–Petkova – ldoncheva_petkova@abv.bg, Konstantin Konstantinov) The excavations of the southern sector of the western fortification wall of Pliska continued. The area to the west and north of the shops and the workshops was explored. Building VI, consisting of two rooms, was excavated. A cowbell, a whetstone, a bronze appliqué, and sherds from dolia, pots, bowls, amphorae and cauldrons were found. The building dated to the 1060s and was the latest one in the architectural complex. It was burned. Pits Nos. 21, 22 and 23 were explored to the east of the building. Pits Nos. 22, 23 and 18 (partly explored in 2008) were dug out into the debris of Building V and were related to Building VI. Pit No. 17, which was explored in 2008 and contained an anonymous Byzantine follis of Class D (AD 1050 – 1060), was also related to Building VI. A sunken-floored house (or a storage room) No. 5 existed on the place of Building III before its construction. The sunken-floored house had a quadrangle layout and walls c. 3.20 m long. There was a quern inside the room. House No. 5 was synchronous with semi-dug sunken-floored House No. 3, which was discovered under the northern wall of Building III. A bronze finger-ring was found. A bed for stirring mortar was documented and sherds from three amphora-like pitchers of the second half of the 9th – beginning of the 10th century were found. A Christian grave of an adult was discovered at 14 m to the east from the fortification wall. The grave was related to the necropolis situated along the fortification wall and explored during the 1970s and 1980s. The finds from the excavations included an anonymous Byzantine follis of Class A2, three appliqués, two belt buckles, two finger-rings, fragments from glass bracelets, spindle whorls, small iron knives and lead ingots.