LISS Archaeological Group (LAG) is returning to Colemore later this month for its annual spring dig.

LAG will be at the Romano-British Colemore site from Friday, April 28, to Tuesday, May 23.

Many LAG members took part in a pot training day earlier this month, as it was decided this was essential for them to improve their pot identification skills before the Colemore Spring Dig starts.

LAG archaeologist director Juliet Smith organised for pot expert Jonathan Dicks to present and instruct members how to tell, for example, the difference between a New Forest and an Oxford pottery ware.

The Romano-British Colemore Dig is now in its fourth year and offers members an opportunity to hone their skills.

LAG publicity officer Alan Horgan said: “This spring we will be tying in the recent geophysics with all the work we have done in the last few years at Colemore.”

Archaeology has multiple disciplinary subjects. Apart from pottery skills, which provides dateable evidence and insight into socio-economic levels, there is a need to understand geophysics, levelling, drawing, context/ stratification, soil natural and unnatural constituents and lot more.

A newcomer to archaeology might uncover a coin from AD 100 which hasn’t seen daylight for nearly 2,000 years at Colemore, whereas an archaeologist student can gain much experience drawing and recording his or her findings while on the dig. Samples from the sites could be sent away to a world-renowned expert and determine scientifically the precise growing conditions when the soil context was exposed to the air.

Anyone who would like to work at the forthcoming Colemore dig should e-mail [email protected] for further details.