Is there a way to figure the age of a pottery made out of cement or clay ?

Question

I know there is a device archaeologists use to get the real of artifacts . Where can I find the place doing those testings?

Answer 1

Thermoluminescence is used to date pottery made of clay that has been buried and exposed to natural radioactive isotopes in the environment.

From the wikipedia article on radiometric dating:
"Natural sources of radiation in the environment knock loose electrons in, say, a piece of pottery, and these electrons accumulate in defects in the material's crystal lattice structure. Heating the object will release the captured electrons, producing a luminescence. When the sample is heated, at a certain temperature it will glow from the emission of electrons released from the defects, and this glow can be used to estimate the age of the sample to a threshold of approximately 15 percent of its true age. The date of a rock is reset when volcanic activity remelts it. The date of a piece of pottery is reset by the heat of the kiln. Typically temperatures greater than 400 degrees Celsius will reset the "clock"."

Answer 2

Pottery is not made of cement.
The clay used to make pottery can SOMETIMES be dated because of changes in the structure and the capture of radioactive isotopes. It is messy and complicated and costs money and only works for older objects not pottery make a hundred years ago.

Answer 3

Carbon dating is useful on things less than 50,000 years old. Its not cheap and they just don't let anyone do it. Take the piece to the local university's anthropology or archaeology department and someone can give you an idea of what it is and how old it might be.

Answer 4

pottery can usually be dated if you know where it comes from.