EXPLORATIONS IN APOLLONIA (Dimitar Nedev – am_sozopol@abv.bg, Tsonya Drazheva) An area of c. 400 sq. m, located between St. Cyril and St. Methodius Street and the waterside alley, was explored. The fortification wall of the 6th – 14th centuries, built of uneven stones bonded with mortar, is preserved at 5.30 m in length and is 1.70 m wide and up to 2.80 high. Walls from a Hellenistic building were discovered. It is preserved up to 12.50 m in length. The walls are built of uneven stones bonded with mud. They are 80 cm wide and are preserved up to 1.20 m in height. An antechamber was explored. The finds include fragmentary tegulae, amphorae, local and imported black-gloss pottery. The imported vessels include Megarian bowls and West Slope pottery. A room from another building was discovered. Its foundations are 80 cm wide. The floor was preserved. Tegulae and imbrices from the roofing had fallen on the floor. The finds include fragmentary terracotta figurines, black-gloss and local pottery. The room dates to the end of the 3rd – beginning of the 2nd centuries BC. Seven pits, dated to 575 – 550 BC, were explored. The pits are 0.80 – 1.50 m in depth and contained charcoal, animal bones, shells, copper slag, iron mill-bars, burned wall plasters, fragmentary amphorae from Miletos, Samos, Chios and Lesbos, Thracian and East Greek pottery. The painted luxury vessels include dishes and bowls with geometric decoration, amphorae in Late Wild Goat Style and in Fikellura Style, Corinthian and Attic black-figure pottery. Metallurgical kilns were constructed in the double pits (Nos. 4 – 5 and 3 – 3A). Pit No. 1 is 1.20 m in diameter. It contained iron mill-bars and copper slag. Kiln No. 2 has the shape of a truncated cone. Its upper diameter is 95 cm and the lower one is 1.20 m. The fire-grate of the kiln is 10 – 15 cm thick. The kiln has a praefurnium.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN APOLLONIA (Dimitar Nedev – am_sozopol@abv.bg) The site is situated in the southeastern part of the Sozopol Peninsula and near the fortification wall of the 6th – 14th centuries. An area of c. 25 sq. m was explored down to 4.50 m in depth. A staircase with three steps, probably related to a building situated outside the excavated area, was discovered. Sherds of amphorae, fragmentary tegulae and simae with relief decoration were found. The finds, which were discovered in the context of the staircase, date to the end of the 3rd century BC. Sherds of East Greek pottery and Attic black-figure pottery were found in a stratum with traces of fire, which was up to 20 cm in thickness and was situated above the bedrock.