Dating Pottery?

Hi all

Just a general question. How is Neolithic/Bronze Age pottery dated?

I've recently dug up a lithic when in the garden and a saddle quern was found a few feet outside my garden.

With raised awareness of the context I've been noticing and keeping bits of what I would guess are pieces of pottery. They dont seem to be natural stones and each seems to have at least one flat or rounded edge, which I might be imagining.

Def not modern pottery and the pieces are quite light, (not as dense as a stone) orange/brown but not as bright as Victorian brick or as refined and coarse in content.

Does clay of this description occur naturally?

I'm hopefully getting an archaeologist to have a look shortly.

In the meantime any suggestions as to how to determine that they might be Neolithic/Bronze age?

I can post pictures if anyone would like a look.

Thanks

Wibbs

I'm no expert on it, but IIRC they date pottery by style, context, material used and in the lab by various chemical means(and by dating any material that might be found within or stuck to them). I'd imagine, but again no expert here, that Neolithic/Bronze age pottery would have certain styles and materials that would tend to place them in that period?

slowburner

Photos would be appreciated

Hi Slowburner. Items assessed as small bits of post medieval brick. One larger piece had grass marks on the underside from when it was air dried.