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Excavation

  • Pliska – Outer Town Site 41
  • Pliska
  • Pliska
  • Bulgaria
  • Shumen
  • Kaspichan
  • Pliska

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Credits

  • The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

    MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

    ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

    AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

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Summary (English)

  • ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN PLISKA (Stoyan Vitlyanov – stoyan@shu-bg.net, Konstantin Konstantinov) The explorations on site No. 41 in the Outer Town of Pliska showed that from the south building A ended with rectangular room No. 8 that measures 21.70 m by 4.60 m. The room has identical structure to the rest of the buildings in the architectural complex and its floor is paved with slabs. A basin for mortar mixing, constructed of slabs, was discovered at 3.60 m to the north of room No. 8. The basin measures 2.10 m by 1 m; its surrounding rim is 20 cm in height and 15 cm in width. Room No. 7 in the southwestern part of building A was discovered. It is rectangular and measures 18.50 m by 2.90 m. Building D oriented east – west and consisting of adjacent rooms arranged in a line was discovered at 12.90 m to the south of kiln No. 1 and at 40 – 60 cm in depth. Its outer wall is 75 cm in width and is built of uneven stones bonded with mortar. Two rooms were explored. Room No. 1 measures 6.70 m by 3.70 m. Room No. 2, which measures 3.10 m by 3.70 m, was explored to the east of room No. 1. Building D stretches to the east, outside the supposed limits of the architectural complex. Most likely, from the west building D is connected to building B located in the western part of the complex. The finds from the excavations include fragmentary Proto-Bulgarian pottery, a pot covered with green glaze, tiles, locks of doors, an iron key, a sickle, an iron casing of a cart, nails, etc. Site No. 41 dates to the 10th – 11th centuries and was used for farming activities.

Director

  • Konstantin Konstantinov - Department of History and Archaeology, Shumen University Bishop Constantine Preslavski
  • Stoyan Vitlyanov - Department of History and Archaeology, Shumen University Bishop Constantine Preslavski

Team

Research Body

  • Shumen University Bishop Constantine Preslavski

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