ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF BOZDUGANOVO (Krasimir Nikov – k_nikov29@yahoo.com, Plamen Karailiev, Andrei Stoitsov) Thirty three sondages were carried out. Sherds from hand- and wheelmade pottery, animal bones and fragmentary plaster were found in the central part of the site, in the layer above bedrock. Archaeological structures were documented only in the central part of the site. An hour-glass-shaped pit, 1.10 m diameter of its opening, 1.50 m diameter of its bottom and 1.60 m in depth, was explored in sondage No. 16. The pit contained sherds from hand- and wheelmade pottery, fragmentary plaster, ash, charcoal and animal bones, including an antler. According to the pottery, the pit dates to the Late Iron Age (5th – 1st centuries BC). A structure dug into the ground, measuring 2.80 m by 3.10 m and 70 cm in depth, was explored in sondage No. 20. Sherds, a fragmentary pyramidal loom weight, ash, charcoal and animal bones were found in the structure. The fragmentary hearth and the postholes at the periphery of the structure testify that it was a building with light construction, probably for farming purposes. According to the pottery, the structure dates to the Late Iron Age. A pit, 0.80 – 1 m in diameter and 50 cm in depth, was explored in sondage No. 25. It contained fragmentary plaster and sherds. The pit dates to the Late Iron Age. A patch of fragmentary plaster, 3 m by 3 m in size, was partly explored to the west of the pit. The pottery dates to the Late Iron Age. A fragment of imported Greek black-gloss kylix allows the structure to be dated to the mid 5th century BC.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF BOZDUGANOVO (Krasimir Nikov – k_nikov29@yahoo.com, Plamen Karailiev, Andrei Stoitsov) The archaeological materials (sherds, animal bones and fragmentary clay wall plaster) were found in the level above the bedrock. Two houses or farm buildings (Nos. 2 and 6) were discovered. They had an oval layout, 3 – 4 m in length, and were dug out at 35 – 70 cm in the bedrock. A pit, probably for storage, was explored in the central part of building No. 2 and there were postholes along its periphery. Sherds, animal bones, ash, charcoal and fragments of burned clay were found in the buildings. Pits with different shapes (conical, biconical, cylindrical and hemispherical) were explored. They were 0.70 – 1.20 m in diameter and 0.40 – 2.50 m in depth. The pits contained sherds, fragmentary clay wall plaster, ash, charcoal and animal bones. Judging from the pottery, the site dated after 475 – 450 BC.