ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN AUGUSTA TRAIANA (Maria Kamisheva – maria_ivanowa@abv.bg) The explored area is situated in the northeastern part of Augusta Traiana. The inner fortification wall was explored at 17.60 m in length. It is oriented northwest – southeast. The wall is built of uneven stones bonded with mortar and is 1.63 m in width. Presumably, pilasters existed on two places from the inner side of the fortification wall. A banquette, 11 cm in width, was discovered at the outer side of the fortification wall. The second period of the construction of the fortification walls of Augusta Traiana dates to the second half of the 3rd – beginning of the 4th centuries AD.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN AUGUSTA TRAIANA (Maria Kamisheva – maria_ivanowa@abv.bg) The explored site is situated in the northeastern part of Archaeological Reserve Augusta Traiana – Vereya. An area of 175 sq. m was explored. The western part of the outer side of the fortification wall was plastered. Presumably, the entire side of the wall was plastered. The plaster dates to the second construction period of the fortification walls (second half of the 3rd – beginning of the 4th centuries AD). Three pilasters were discovered from the inner side of the wall. The distances between them are 3.74 m and 3.85 m. The pilasters measure 1.03 m by 1.60 m. A banquette, 13 cm in width, was discovered to the east of pilaster No. 3.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN AUGUSTA TRAIANA – VEREYA (Maria Kamisheva – maria.ivanowa@gmail.com) The site covered an area of c. 270 sq. m. and is situated in the northern part of Augusta Traiana. In 2006 – 2007, part of the inner fortification wall with three adjacent pillars was discovered. During the present explorations, another part of the inner fortification wall with three adjacent pillars and parts of two rooms situated nearby were revealed. The wall and the rooms were built during the second half of the 2nd century AD. The rooms were constructed of rubble masonry bonded with mud. The total length of the excavated fortification wall was 29.50 m with six adjacent pillars. The size of the pillars varied from 1.11 m by 1.53 m to 1.25 m by 1.71 m. The fortification wall was built of mortared rubble masonry. At the end of the 3rd – beginning of the 4th century AD, the spaces between the third and the fourth and between the fifth and the sixth pillars were filled. Two adjacent rooms arranged in a line, constructed of mortared rubble masonry, were built to the south of the fortification wall. Pottery of the early 3rd century AD was found in the layers below the rooms. During the 4th – 6th century AD, the two rooms were damaged, the spaces between the pillars were filled and the width of the fortification wall was increased. A sunken-floored house was built in the eastern room. A patch of burned mud bricks and two pits with materials of the 12th – 14th centuries were discovered.