SONDAGE EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF GOLEMO BUCHINO (Kostadin Rabadzhiev – rabadjiev@gmail.com, Ivailo Lozanov) Building A with a rectangular layout and oriented northeast – southwest was explored in Sector I. The walls were built of uneven stones without a bonding medium and are 55 – 60 cm in width. The cultural stratum is 15 – 20 cm in thickness and contains mainly fragments of tiles. Sherds of ‘grey Macedonian terra sigilata’, iron objects, slag and a terracotta melting-pot were found. Building A had a light construction and was most likely a workshop. The building dates to the 3rd – 4th centuries AD. Building B was explored in Sector II. Walls forming a rectangular layout oriented northwest – southeast were discovered, but it was not possible to specify the exact size of the building. The walls are 70 cm in width and were built of uneven stones without a bonding medium. The cultural stratum is up to 50 cm in thickness. Sherds of big pots were the most numerous finds. Single sherds of amphorae and iron tools (knives, chisels and presumably a plane) were also found. The building was related to craft industry and dates to the 4th century AD. Building C was explored in Sector II. An east – west oriented wall more than 5 m in length was discovered. It was built of uneven stones without a bonding medium and is 60 m in width. Fragments of two tobacco-pipes and glazed sherds were found within the building context. A pavement of small stones and sherds was discovered to the east of Building C. Building C and the pavement date to the 18th century. A castellum is located nearby and most likely, it protected the Roman road Serdica – Pautalia.

EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF GOLEMO BUCHINO (Kostadin Rabadzhiev – rabadjiev@gmail.com, Ivailo Lozanov) Building A with rectangular layout was explored in Sector A. The fragmentary burned lath-and-plaster shows the existence of walls with light construction above the stone plinth. A bronze coin of the 4th – 5th century AD, iron chisels, an adze and slag were found. Building B, measuring c. 5.50 m by 5.50 m, was explored in Sector II. Its walls are 60 – 70 cm in width and are constructed of dry-stone with uneven stones. The floor is of trampled earth and the roof was covered with tiles. Fragments of jars, iron clamps, nails, knives, chisels, a plane and two iron fibulae of the 4th century AD were found. According to the pottery, the building dates to the 4th – 6th centuries AD. Building В` was discovered in Sector II, at 4.50 m to the northeast of building B and parallel to it. A stone pavement was explored. Tegulae, fragmentary burned lath-and-plaster and terracotta loom weights were found. Building C was explored in Sector III. The walls are dry-stone with uneven stones and reused millstones and are 60 – 90 cm in width. The length of the preserved northern wall is c. 18 m. The width of the building in its western part is c. 6.90 m. Intact and fragmentary tobacco-pipes and fragmentary tableware of the second half of the 18th – 19th centuries were found. The contemporary building D was discovered to the southeast of building C. It has identical structure and preserved length of 10 – 11 m. A cultural layer was registered in Sector IV. According to the sherds, the layer dates to the second phase of the Early Iron Age (8th – 6th centuries BC).

EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF GOLEMO BUCHINO (Ivailo Lozanov – ivaylo_lozanov@yahoo.com, Ilian Boyanov) The exploration of Building B (sector II) and building C (sector III) was completed. Building E (sector III) measures 10 m by 7.50 m. Its foundation is built of uneven stones without bonding medium. Fragments of burned wattle-and-daub from the walls of the building were found. The floor is of trampled earth. Pieces of iron slag and mill-bars were found. They testify to the metallurgical activities. The pottery dates to the 4th – 6th centuries AD. Building F (sector III) measures 19.20 m by 7 m and has two rooms. Its foundation is built of uneven stones without bonding medium. Burned wooden beams and tegulae from the roof were found on the floor. A small room, 2.30 m by 2 m in size, was discovered in the northwestern corner of the building. The finds include a bronze coin of the 4th century AD, sherds of waste pottery and iron objects. Building G (sector III) measures 5.30 m by 5.30 m. Its foundation is built of uneven stones without bonding medium. Sherds and fragments of building ceramics of the 4th – 6th centuries AD were found. Building H (sector III) measures 17.80 m by 5.70 m. Its foundation is built of uneven stones without bonding medium. The finds and the pottery date to the 4th – 6th centuries AD. Five pottery kilns were discovered in sector III. The finds include Late Antique sherds, fragmentary building ceramics and coins, probably minted in the 4th century AD. The buildings and the pottery kilns are related to the Late Antique castellum in the Tsarkvishte locality. An excavation, 18 m in diameter, was explored in sector III. The finds include 14 silver and copper Ottoman coins of the 18th century and pottery of the 18th – 19th centuries. An occupation layer from the second phase of the Early Iron Age (8th – 6th centuries BC) was registered in sector IV.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF GOLEMO BUCHINO (Ilian Boyanov – ilianboyanov@nbu.bg) Building F in Sector III measured 19.20 m by 7 m. The building was divided in two by an interior wall. The construction was of dry free stone masonry. Fragments of burned wattle-and-daub testified to the existence of ramshackle walls. A hearth, 2.10 m by 2.70 m in size, surrounded by mud bricks, and a dolium dug into the floor were explored in the southern part of the building. The finds include pottery, loom weights, waste pottery production, iron chisels, axes, small knives, a bell, nails and rings. The building dates to the 4th – 6th centuries AD. Two shelters with preserved length of 12.80 m and 14.50 m were explored to the south of buildings C and D. Late Antique sherds were found in their debris. Eight oval kilns for pottery and building ceramics, dug into the ground, were explored to the southwest of Building F and to the south of Building E. Fragments of Late Antique pottery (mostly jugs and pots), building ceramics and fragmentary waste pottery production were found among their debris.