APPENDIX 
LISBON FLARED RIM AND OWEGO FLARED RIM WARES 
By W. Rayrmonp Woop 
The ceramics described herein were found at the Schultz site, 
located on the Sheyenne River, in SW14SE\, sec. 10, T. 185 N., R. 53 
E., Owego Township, Ransom County, N. Dak., by Thad. C. Hecker 
while he was associated with the State Historical Society of North 
Dakota. The site lies about 18 miles in an airline east-northeast of 
the town of Lisbon. 
Hecker’s field notes state that the sherds were taken from “the 
lower levels of the . . . village ash pits.” This may indicate either 
that they were found near the base of some features at the site, or 
that they were recovered from the lower of several levels recognized 
at the site. The overwhelming majority of sherds in the sample from 
the Schultz site are cord-marked. Unfortunately, there are no records 
of the association of the pottery with other artifact material from 
the site. 
Permission to publish the following ware and type descriptions 
based upon the Schultz collection has kindly been granted to me by 
Russell Reid, superintendent of the State Historical Society of North 
Dakota, at Bismarck. 
LISBON FLARED RIM WARE 
(Ware sample: 82 rim sherds, 213 body sherds, and 2 partially restored 
vessels. ) 
PASTE: 
Temper: Predominantly fine sand or grit. Some sherds contain particles 
of a flaky, metallic gray substance. 
Texture: Sherds tend to break in straight lines, but some specimens crumble 
easily at the break. Some lamination results in horizontal cleavage. 
Color: Light buff to dark gray, with most examples medium gray. 
Hardness: 3.5 (celestite). 
TECHNIQUE OF MANUFACTURE: Probably lump modeled, then thinned with paddle 
and anvil. 
SuRFACE FinisH: Most of the sherds are vertically cord-marked with a coarse, 
fibrous cord while the clay was still pliable. Some check stamping is 
also present. Many sherds were partially smoothed before the clay was 
dry, and some of the impressions are partly obliterated. Probably all 
of the specimens were first cord-marked (or check stamped) and then 
smoothed. 
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