During this field season the excavations of the one aisled church of St. Georges and the nearby cemetery, situated in the eastern part of the medieval settlement of Koman, continued. The excavations of the church were located in the inner part of the apse (sector 1), in the outer part (sector 2), in the southern wall of the church (sector 3) and at the outer part of its south-eastern corner (sector 5). The excavations within the apse revealed a layer of clay and gravel, which is also identified in the area around the church, and perhaps relates with the leveling of the natural terrain prior to the constructions of the buildings. After the removal of the destruction layer in the outer side of the apse, its wall of 1, 15 m high was uncovered. The excavations in the southern wall of the church (sector 3), identified a mortar layer, which seems to have fallen after the abandonment of the structure, as well as a part of the outer wall. Astratigraphic sondage 5 m long, carried out in the north-eastern corner of the wall, revealed: the remains of the destruction of the northern wall of the church; a mortar layer (and plaster?), arriving from the destroyed walls of the building; below it, a circulation layer of the same phase of the use of the church; and a thick clay layer of the foundations.
During the excavations of the area around the church, a number of graves were revealed. Until this season, the graves uncovered in this area are of three different types: of chest-like form constructed with stone slabs, dated to the 7-8th centuries AD; of chest-like form constructed with stone blocks, containing grave goods of the 8-9th centuries AD; and simple pits, which are not yet accurately dated. The graves of chest-like form, made of stone slabs (11 altogether), which based on the associated grave goods date to the 7-8th century, have been until now considered the earliest trace of occupation found in this part of the settlement of Koman. Their chronological relation with the church of St. George could not be yet defined, as the church is not entirely excavated. About 15 m to the southeast of the church (sector 3), the excavations identified 3 other graves of chest-like form (339, 340, and 345), of which only two were entirely excavated. No skeleton remains were found in graves 339 and 340, though grave goods of the 7th century, such as glass beads, a bronze fibula with folded legs, and a bronze belt-buckle were uncovered. While app. 2, 5 away from the north-eastern corner of the church, two other graves (329 and 335) of box-like form made of stone slabs were encountered, of which only the latter was excavated. This grave contained the badly damaged skeleton remains of an individual, buried with his knees bent; no grave goods were found in the grave. Also, three other graves of this type were found (331, 332 and 338), of which only one them (331) was excavated; no grave goods were revealed in this grave. Graves 332 and 338 are partly covered by a later wall (USM 10), which runs perpendicular to the southwall of the church. In the area to the west of the church, 7 graves of simple pit types were identified, laid directly on the ground, at a lower level then the graves of chest-like construction. Only 5 of them were excavated (330, 333, 336, 337 and 341); one will be part of the next season (342); while the last grave was empty (343). The skeletons are laid in a simple pit of anthropomorphic shape, which cuts the compact layer of clay and gravel (US 2060), visible in all the excavation area. The reuse of the funerary space has caused a series of overlaps where the later burials have cut the earlier skeletons in the pelvis and knee bones.