EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF KAMENOVO (Yavor Boyadziev – yavordb@abv.bg, Dimitar Chernakov) Graves from a Chalcolithic cemetery had been discovered during building works near the settlement mound. A stratum of the Chalcolithic period, 0.35 – 1.10 m thick, was documented at 90 m to the northeast of the settlement mound, containing sherds, flint artifacts, an anthropomorphic and a zoomorphic terracotta figurine, a terracotta loom weight, a bone awl. Three pits were discovered, containing fragmentary wattle-and-daub, flint splinters, sherds and animal bones. A stratum, 10 – 15 cm thick, was documented at 150 – 180 m to the north – northeast of the settlement mound, containing pieces of charcoal, Late Chalcolithic sherds and flint artifacts. Another stratum of the end of the Chalcolithic period was also discovered, containing flint artifacts and sherds and partly covering several burials. The dead in Graves 3A and 4 were children and the dead in the rest of the graves were women. Grave 1. Hocker laid on her back to the left. Oriented to the East – Northeast. Age: 20 – 40 years. Grave goods: two flint flakes. Grave 2. Hocker laid on her back to the right. Oriented to the Northeast. Age: 20 – 25 years. Grave goods: four beads from Spondylus and five beads from green mineral. Grave 3. Hocker laid to the left. Oriented to the East – Northeast. Age: 50 – 60 years. Grave goods: two fragmentary ceramic vessels and two flint artifacts. Grave 3A. The bones were disturbed. Grave 4. Hocker laid on its back to the left. Oriented to the East – Northeast. Age: 6 – 7 years. Grave 5. Hocker laid on her back to the left. Oriented to the East. Age: 30 – 40 years. Grave goods: a dish, two beads from Spondylus, four flint artifacts. Grave 6. Hocker laid to the left. Oriented to the East – Northeast. Age: 30 – 40 years. Grave goods: three beads from green mineral and carbonized grain. Grave 7. Hocker laid to the left. Oriented to the East. Age: 30 – 40 years. Grave goods: two beads from green mineral and a flint flake. Grave 8 was unexplored. The Chalcolithic settlement was a production center for flint artifacts.