At the end of August, 2002 Archaeologists with team leader Krasimir Leshtakov discovered new terrain for excavation works at the area of Yabalkovo village, Dimitrovgrad municipality. The excavation team have found female ceramic figure of about 8000 years at fire demolished settlement from the early Neolith. At 2003 the excavation works at the object were restarted, there was found part of cooper slag, dated to the sixth millennium before Christ. Among the finds there are parts of unique vessel in a shape of bull where, by the words of doctor Leshtakov probably has been preserved opium, amulet by very solid rock, that is typical for the eastern Rhodope mountain, cult side-tables and collection of stone tools and implements, used for production of items and instruments.
We got profound information for the pit sanctuary dated to the early iron epoch at the Karabiuliuk area, near Yabalkovo village by Milena Tonkova and Rumen Mikov for the Archeology report of 2004. At the western sector of the excavated terrain they have been into a find with many many materials of the late iron epoch ( fragments of Greek Аmphora, black ceramic as well as some typical for the epoch vessels, made by wheel and hand made. At quarter 25, at the same western sector and depth of about 1 meter the excavation team have found collective find of bronze coins- four of them of Philip II Macedonian, three of Alexander the Great. They have been dеferred for around 323-320 before Christ. Near the end of IV Before Christ is the near period of the earlypostumne alexandricia with king title, that is found at the quarter H 22 at depth 0.55 meters.
At the central sector ( that front upped part of the object - tumulus Karabiuliuk ) are at pawn two drillings with dimensions 5 x 2 meters. At the first one that working team has found vessels by the lately iron epoch and destructions of Neolith building.
At the northern periphery of the tumulus Karabiuliuk is situated the continuing exploring of drilling Central, started by the previous campaign. It has dimensions 8×3 meters with many finds dated to the Neolith, late iron and early iron epoch.
during the excavations at the so called way profile, that cross the railway which cross the tumulus Karabuiluik at the east-west direction, 40 meters western to the railway are documented four pits, dated to the late iron epoch. There were found materials by V and IV centuries B.C. table amphora and vessel with grips under the orifice with glue color, dated to V century Before Christ, Thasos’s amphora seal from the third quarter of IV century B.C. typical seal with shaped as rhombus top, intended probably for decorating of altars of heroes.
The excavations during the archaeological season 2004 gives more information for the situation at the most closed to the Martiza river northern periphery. It is on the northern coast of the river. The pits and the cultural stratum contains materials form the second half of V and IV centuries., amphores by Thasos and Chios islands, Kylix (vessel for drinks of wine), cups Phidias- style, Skyphos and saltern, glue colored vessels. The progress during the IV century B.C is confirmed by finds of coins by the town named of the myth thrace king Maron of the Thracian tribe Cicones and priest of Apollo, another coins from Mesembria Pontica, red figured vessels and Greek amphorae.

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