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Dr. Christina Rieth

State Archaeologist and Co-Director, Cultural Resource Survey Program

christina.rieth@nysed.gov

518-402-5975

B.A. in Anthropology (1990, Hartwick College)
M.A. in Anthropology (1992, University at Albany, SUNY)
Ph.D. in Anthropology (1997, University at Albany, SUNY)

My research focuses on the ways that prehistoric groups interacted with their local environment and the role that such interaction had on the settlement and subsistence strategies of New York’s Late Prehistoric (A.D. 700-1450) occupants. The relationship between humans and their natural and cultural environment is of importance in understanding pre-Contact diversity. The choices that we make concerning the types of resources that are used, the interactions that we form with neighboring groups in acquiring these resources, and how we modify the local landscape all influence the resulting behaviors and material culture. Field and collections based research form the basis for addressing these issues.

Finally, I am interested in public archaeology and the ways that archaeologists make information about and incorporate the public into its study of the past. Through an active program of field and collections based research, I am interested in making information about the archaeological past accessible to all New Yorkers.

My Research Projects

Publications

2007

Pickands, M., Schmitt, V.A., Rieth, C.B., 2007. Historical Archaeology at the New York State Museum. Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum 3, 14-15.

Rieth, C.B., Rafferty, S., Saputo, D., 2007. A Trace Element Analysis of Ceramics from the Pethick Site, Schoharie County, New York. North American Archaeologist 28, 59-80.

Rieth, C.B., Primeau, K., 2007. Teaching Our Teachers: A Case Study in Public Archaeology. Northeast Anthropology 73, 15-27.

Rieth, C.B., 2007. Public Archaeology and Education in Research and Compliance Projects: An Introduction. Northeast Anthropology 73, 1-14.

Rafferty, S., Wood, C., Rieth, C.B., 2007. Archaeometric analysis of lithic outcrops from Eastern New York. North American Archaeologist 28, 167-186.

Rieth, C.B., 2007. Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 9067.10.101, Route 17 (Exit 115), Town of Mamakating, Sullivan County, New York. Albany, New York.

Higgins, S., Rieth, C.B., Schmitt, V.A., 2007. Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2056.81.101, Intersection of NYS Route 8 and Route 30, Village of Speculator, Towns of Arietta and Lake Pleasant, Hamilton County, New York. Albany, New York.

Rieth, C.B., 2007. Report on the Activities of the State Archaeologist's Office 2006-2007.. Albany, New York.

Dean, R., Rieth, C.B., 2007. Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1130.52.101, Route 22, Town of Fort Ann and Granville, Washington County, New York.. Albany, New York.

Rieth, C.B., 2007. Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN AX1710701, NYS Route 28 (C963068), Town of Franklin, Delaware County, New York. Albany, New York.