Archaeological Projects

Project type/s: Archaeological excavation and research at St. Kirik Island and archaeological field school. Project duration: 2011-present Location: St Kirik Island, Sozopol, Bulgaria The archaeological site: St. Kirik Island near Sozopol where was situated an Archaic Period neighborhood of Apollonia Pontica, the temenos of the city, an Early Christian basilica with necropolis, Revival period church

Project type/s: Archaeological excavation and research at the Early Neolithic settlement Ilindentsi-Masovets in Southwestern Bulgaria and archaeological field school. Project duration: 2011-2018 Location: the village of Ilindentsi, Southwest Bulgaria The archaeological site: The Neolithic settlement at the locality Massovets Periods: The period of the site existence (6000 – 5500/5400 BCE) corresponds chronologically to other Balkan,

Project type/s: Archaeological excavation and research at the Roman and Late Roman city of Stobi, Republic of North Macedonia and archaeological field school. Project duration: 2010-present Location: National Institution Stobi, Republic of North Macedonia The archaeological site: Stobi, capital of the Roman Province Macedonia Secunda (in 6th century CE). Periods: Roman period (1th – 4th

Project type/s: Archaeological excavation and research at emporion Pistiros and archaeological field school. Project duration: 2013-present. Location: Emporion Pistiros site, Municipality of Septemvri, Bulgaria. The archaeological site: Emporion Pistiros – an Ancient Greek trade center in the heart of ancient Thrace.Ancient Greeks in the Land of Dionys. Periods: Late Classical, Hellenistic (5th – 3rd century

Project type/s: Archaeological excavation and research at the prehistoric tell Yunatsite in South-Central Bulgaria and archaeological field school. Project duration: 2013-present Location: Pazardzhik municipality, South-Central Bulgaria The archaeological site: Prehistoric tell Yunatsite Periods: Final Neolithic / Chalcolithic, Early Bronze Age, Iron Age, Antiquity and Middle Ages. Excavation Directors: Associate Prof. Yavor Boyadzhiev (PhD in Archaeology),

Project type/s: Archaeological excavation and research at the Early Christian Мonastery on Djanavara Hill near Varna, Bulgaria and archaeological field school. Project duration: 2009-2011, 2016-present Location: Varna, Bulgaria The archaeological site: Early Christian Мonastery Periods: Late Antique, Early Byzantine (5th – 6th century CE) Excavation Directors: Vassil Tenekedjiev, PhD in Archaeology and Assistant Professor at

In 2008 and 2008 the Balkan Heritage foundation has supported several rescue excavation projects in the archaeological reserve Augusta Traiana – Vereia – Borui in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria with fundraising campaign, with the assistance of the Balkan Heritage foundation team of archaeologists and the help of students and volunteers participating in the Balkan Heritage Field

From 2008 to 2012 the Balkan Heritage Foundation has supported the excavations at Heraclea Lyncestis archaeological reserve near Bitola, North Macedonia. With fundraising campaign, with the assistance of the Balkan Heritage foundation team of archaeologists and the help of students and volunteers participating in the Balkan Heritage Field School project (2008 – 2012) and cultural

Project type/s: Archaeological excavation and research at Bronze Age fortified settlement and archaeological field school. Project duration: 2015-2017 Location: village of Banya, Southwest Bulgaria The archaeological site: Late Bronze Age fortified settlement Bresto, Late Iron Age activity Periods: Late Bronze Age (13th – 12/11th century BC). Excavation co-directors: Prof. Dr. Philipp Stockhammer, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany,

Project type/s: Archaeological excavation and research at the Roman city of Doclea (Montenegro) in the Eastern Adriatic and archaeological field school. Project duration: 2017-present Location: Podgorica, Montenegro The archaeological site: Roman city of Doclea Periods: Classical Roman and Late Roman (1st – 4th century CE) Excavation Director: Dr. Lenka Bulatovich Research and field school team:

Project type/s: Underwater archaeological excavations & survey, marine geophysical survey and archaeological field school. Project duration: 2018-present Location: Nessebar, Black Sea, Bulgaria The archaeological site: The aquatory of Nessebar. Ruins of fortification walls, towers (including a hexagonal one), staircases, gates and other structures from the pre-Roman era, Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, were traced

Project type/s: Archaeological excavation and research at the Roman road station on Via Diagonalis in Bulgaria and archaeological field school. Project duration: 2016-present Location: Septemvri, Bulgaria The archaeological site: Roman road station Periods: Roman, Late Antiquity, Medieval Excavation Directors: Alexander Manev, PhD candidate at National Archaeological Institute with Museum. BHFS Field School Coordinator: Dr. Angela