Into the Tsar's residence: geophysical survey of the early medieval Bulgarian capital of Veliki Preslav

During the late first millennium AD, Bulgarian Empire emerged in eastern Balkans on doorstep of Byzantine Empire. In a bid to reconcile with—and impress—its powerful neighbour, Tsar Simeon I selected fortified site Veliki Preslav as new capital city. Through ninth and tenth centuries city was developed into one largest cities early Middle Ages Europe. A Inner City palaces, churches state buildings accompanied by large defended Outer City. The authors present results recent geophysical survey, revealing patterning spatial socio-economic organisation urban landscape between fourteenth AD.