ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF IVANOVO (Svetlana Venelinova – lihnida_sv@abv.bg, Maria Gurova) The explorations of the burned building in Stratum VII in the central part of the settlement mound continued. A plastered platform, 1.60 m by 2.60 m in size, was discovered in the northern half of the building. It adjoined the western and the northern walls and their plaster was painted with ochre. The debris from the building and the platform were situated over a burned trampled floor. Burned fragmentary plaster from the timber construction of the floor of the second storey that collapsed was discovered. The plastered timber floor was c. 30 cm thick. The interior wall between the northern and the southern rooms of the building was 36 cm wide, constructed in wattle-and-daub. Fragmentary plaster from walls, painted with red ochre and white decoration, was found. The flint assemblage from the excavations consisted of 27 artifacts, including 10 typological tools (retouched flakes, scrapers, an awl and a combined tool). The sherds that were found dated to the First Phase of Kodzhadermen Culture and originated from biconical vessels, vases, dishes and bowls. The decoration was painted with graphite. The animal bones from the excavations were from reed deer, deer, boars, aurochs, rabbits, ox, goats, sheep, dogs and pigs. The bones from the domesticated animals belonged mostly to young species and the ox prevailed, while the bones from the wild animals were mostly from adult species and the red deer prevailed.