EXPLORATIONS IN PISTIROS (Zofia Archibald – Z.Archibald@liverpool.ac.uk, Mark Adams) Explorations in trench D24 located in the western part of the site near the end of the terrace towards the River of Maritsa were carried out. Tiles, burnt clay and animal bones were found under the humus. A clay floor level was discovered below. The finds include fragmentary plaster of a wall painted in red and white, fragments of a decorated terracotta eschara and an iron fibula of the Thracian type. An earlier floor was discovered below the floor level. The finds include fragments of amphorae and imported Attic black-gloss pottery. Two fragments of a kantharos show that the earlier floor level dates to the last quarter of the 4th century BC, i.e. to the last, third occupation period of Pistiros. The excavations of the lower strata continued in trench B21 located to the south of the main street. The strata explored by 2004 belong to the third occupation period in the emporion. A spot of burnt clay, most likely a hearth, was discovered. Remains of an earlier hearth cut by two pits containing sherds were partly discovered below. Iron objects, loom weights and a decorated cult figurine were found. A fragment of dolium with graffito containing words, which could be not entirely read, and several Macedonian personal names, Antipatro[s?] among them, deserves special attention.