EXPLORATIONS IN PISTIROS (Zofia Archibald – Z.Archibald@liverpool.ac.uk) In trench B21, which borders on A20, there are features that correspond to depositing votive offerings in the vicinity of decorated hearths and ashy bonfires. Some isolated finds (loom weights, metal items) were discovered. Although the central parts of the trench are complicated by the presence of inter-cutting pits, dug into these levels from the latest occupation period, much of the data is connected with metalworking, whether in situ or re-deposited. An irregular feature composed of fired clay has produced a number of copper and iron artefacts, together with slag fragments. Remains of a post-built structure, presumably a smith’s forge, were discovered. In trench D24, two successive floors of mud plaster were documented in 2004. Below the lower floor was a third floor of mud plaster. The upper floor is associated with the remains of a baked clay foundation, probably belonging to a decorated hearth. The new floor is also associated with a baked clay construction, partly made up of curved bricks. Most of the material associated with the levels above the floor deposits consists of architectural ceramics (tiles, wall plaster) and pottery (Thracian storage and tableware, imported amphorae, imported Attic and other fine tablewares, a pyxis). The data demonstrate that domestic life continued from the second to the third occupation periods, apparently without any external disturbance other than periodic floods from the river.