ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN PRESLAV (Angel Konakliev – angeltg@abv.bg, Stela Doncheva) The explorations in the northern part of the Patriarchate, to the north of the Patriarchal Basilica, continued. Two water-conduits of terracotta pipes were documented in trench A-1, Western Sector. Most probably, the water-conduits lead to the Palatial Basilica. Part of a pavement of stone slabs was discovered at 2.50 m from the northern fence wall of the churchyard of the Patriarchal Basilica. Part of a pavement of stone slabs was also documented in trenches A-3 and B-3. The southern wall of a building, constructed of stones bonded with mud and 80 cm wide, was documented in the Central Sector. A pottery kiln was discovered in trench A-10 in the Eastern Sector. It is built of fragmentary bricks and has two chambers. A pavement of stone slabs leading to the square situated to the east of the Patriarchate was explored. An interior wall and a southern wall of a building, constructed of ashlars bonded with mortar, were discovered in trench B-11. The southern wall of a building, 15.50 m long and 0.80 – 1.10 m wide, constructed of uneven stones, was discovered in trenches A-9 and A-11. Twelve graves were discovered in the cemetery. Two iron knives and sherds were found in graves Nos. 1, 3 and 7. The graves date after AD 972, to the period when Preslav was not a capital. The finds from the excavations include pottery, iron tools, lead discs for seals, exagia, glass bracelets, crosses-encolpia, appliqués, parts of marble floor panels, etc. Seventy-nine coins were found: nine belong to the Byzantine period (late 10th – late 12th centuries) and seventy belong to the Late Bulgarian Mediaeval period (13th – late 14th centuries).