PLISKA (Pavel Georgiev – pavel_g@gbg.bg, Tihomir Tihov, Gergana Ilieva, Radoslav Vasilev) In Trench XXI, three strata were documented to the northwest of Baths No. 2. Trenches and postholes of timber structures were documented in the middle stratum and a dug out structure was identified in the lower one. Sixteen sunken-floored houses, two domestic ovens, a forge and 17 storage pits of the 10th – 11th centuries were explored in the upper stratum. They belonged to the settlement explored in Trench XX. In Square 13, a stone building of the 11th century was documented, built over the stratum with sunken-floored houses with stoves and clay domestic ovens outside the houses, dated to AD 975 – 1050. Two querns were found in House No. 6. A coin of Romanos I Lekapenos overstruck by Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos was found in House No. 10 and a coin of Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos overstruck with an anonymous Byzantine follis of the Class A1 (AD 971 – 976) was found in House No. 7. In addition, the finds from the sunken-floored houses included pots, cups, dishes, jugs and pitchers of the 10th – first half of the 11th centuries, sherds from Pecheneg cauldrons of the AD 1030s – 1040s, anonymous Byzantine folleis of the Class A2 (AD 976–1035) and Class D (AD 1050–1060). The explorations of the dug-out structure with a well continued. The well had a square layout and was faced with stones. It was 11.50 m deep and contained animal bones and skeletons, three human skeletons, sherds of AD 975 – 1050, coins, the latest ones being two coins of Constantine X Doukas, with and without Eudokia Makrembolitissa. In addition, the finds from the excavations included small crosses, belt appliqués, earrings, finger-rings and fragments from glass bracelets.