EXPLORATIONS IN PLISKA (Pavel Georgiev – pavel_g@gbg.bg, Radoslav Vasilev) Two parallel trenches from the foundations of the timber fortification wall were documented in Trench VII. The finds include pottery of the 8th – 9th centuries AD, belt decorations, three lead seals, scales, an exagia, a cross, a clasp for book, spindle whorls, awls, astragals, gaming jettons, glass bracelets, arrowheads, a key for a padlock, a knuckle, chisels and a Byzantine coin of the 10th century. Cultural stratum of the 10th – 11th centuries was explored in Trench VIII. Three sunken-floored houses and pit No. 1, containing a miliaresion of Emperor Michael VI Bringas, were explored below the stratum. Semi-dug sunken-floored houses and a Christian cemetery with graves arranged in rows were discovered in Trench IX. A grave of a girl, 10 – 11 years old, was discovered under the floor of House No. 4. The grave goods include a copper earring, a gold earring, three glass bracelets, a small bronze buckle, a copper appliqué and a necklace of glass beads. The foundations of the northern and the western walls of the timber fortification consist of two parallel trenches. A stone slab showing a primitive human image in relief was found in a building of the first half of the 11th century situated in Trench X. A pavement of stone slabs and a building of the mid 10th century were documented. A pottery kiln was discovered in House No. 1 situated in Trench XI and a nomisma minted by Emperors Constantine VII and Romanos II was found. The finds include pottery of the 10th – 11th centuries, a small cross, belt appliqués, a buckle, a belt point, arrowheads, a knife, gaming astragals, and two copper coins minted by Emperor Leo VI and by Emperors Constantine IX and Zoe. A water-conduit was discovered in Trench XII. The finds include spindle whorls, belt appliqués, a copper finger-ring, an iron cow-bell, glass bracelets and a gold tetarteron minted by Emperors Basil II and Constantine VIII.