ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN AGATHOPOLIS (Diana Gergova – dianagergova@abv.bg, Yavor Ivanov) An area, 6 sq. m. in size, was explored. It is located in the lower part of the town, to the west of the ancient and mediaeval fortification wall. Two layers were documented. The upper one is abundant with materials from the end of the 19th – beginning of the 20th centuries. A small number of materials from the same period and separate Early Byzantine sherds were found in the lower layer. The explorations and the other evidence show that archaeological structures and significant finds are not discovered in that part of the town.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN AGATHOPOLIS (Diana Gergova – dianagergova@gmail.com, Yavor Ivanov) The site was situated outside the boundaries of the ancient town, but still within the archaeological reserve. Walls of a building were discovered at 30 cm in depth in sondage No. 2. The walls were 40 – 55 cm wide and up to 4 m long. Roof tiles were found and a floor with traces from fire was documented. Pottery of the 17th – beginning of the 18th centuries was found. Sherds dated after the 17th century, roof tiles and animal bones were found in sondage No. 3. A floor of trampled clay was documented at 40 – 50 cm in depth and a burned patch with charcoal, 20 cm by 40 cm in size, was discovered. The explorations showed that there was no any occupation layer dated prior to the 17th century in this part of the modern town.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN AGATHOPOLIS (Diana Gergova – dianagergova@gmail.com, Yavor Ivanov) Rescue archaeological excavations were conducted on Cherno More Street. A sondage, 7.50 m long and 1.20 m wide, was carried out. A wall, 1.20 m wide and built of stones bonded with mortar, was discovered. Part of a building, probably a house, was documented. It was oriented north – south and was built of stones and fragments of roof-tiles between them. The finds included sherds from the Roman and the Late Hellenistic periods (sherds from Dressel I amphorae) and Thracian coarse ware. Judging from the pottery, the building dated to the 1st century BC and probably was related to another synchronous building explored nearby in 2000.