ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR BANSKO (Vladimir Baryakov – vlbaryakov@mail.bg) The explorations continued in the northern part of the settlement to the north of Wall No. 3, 70 cm wide, built of well-cut stones and occasional fragments from tegulae and bricks. Wall No. 4 was discovered, 1 m wide, built of cut stones bonded with mortar. A layer with traces from fire was explored, containing mostly fragments from building ceramics, single sherds and glass fragments, iron nails, iron arrowheads, knives, iron needles, fragments from fibulae and coins of the 2nd – 6th centuries AD.