ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR BANSKO (Vladimir Baryakov – vlbaryakov@mail.bg) The explorations continued in the northern part of the fortified settlement. Wall No. 3 had three construction periods. Several Roman bronze coins, two bronze fibulae, iron needles, nails, an iron belt buckle, arrowheads, sherds and fragmentary building ceramics were found there. Wall No. 4 was entirely excavated. It was reconstructed with a bonding medium of mud. A denarius of Nerva was found there. A layer with traces from fire, 15 cm thick, was discovered. Apparently there was an earlier fire in the settlement that occurred before the fire of the end of the 6th century AD. Wall No. 5 was discovered, built of well-cut stones bonded with mortar.