ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF IVANOVO (Svetlana Venelinova – lihnida_sv@abv.bg, Maria Gurova) The excavations continued in Trenches I10 and J10 in the central part of the settlement mound. A stratigraphic profile was documented beneath Building No. 1 down to the burned debris of Building No. 2 in the VI occupation layer. The plasters of the clay platform in the central room of Building No. 1 were dismantled. The platform was 43 cm high and was constructed of wooden grille plastered with 10 – 11 horizontal clay layers. Imprints from three horizontal wooden beams were documented in the foundation of the platform; the beams were plastered with clay that was fired and were situated at 28 – 44 cm distance from each other. The bottom of the platform was situated at the level of the wooden planks that covered the floor; carbonized planks were preserved in the central room of the building. Two parallel postholes from a shelter were documented to the east of Building No. 1. Concentrations of carbonized einkorn, emmer, common wheat, barley and bitter vetch were discovered in Building No. 2. Sherds from dolia, two pestles and three querns were also found. Wooden planks up to 6 cm thick, which covered the floor, were documented. The bottom of an oven was explored as well. Postholes, 10 – 30 cm in diameter, of the western wall of Building No. 2 were documented. The distance between the eastern and the western wall of the building was 5.85 m. The pottery from Building No. 2 had the features of the Polyanitsa IV Culture and reflected the transition between the Middle and the Late Chalcolithic period. The finds from the excavations included terracotta anthropomorphic figurines, two terracotta models of buildings, stone pestles, stone smoothing tools, querns, bone and horn tools, 46 flint artifacts: flakes and scrapers. The traceological analysis identified 10 artifacts that were used, predominantly for processing leather.