Dr. Christina Rieth

State Archaeologist and Co-Director, Cultural Resource Survey Program
christina.rieth@nysed.gov
518-402-5975

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

1999

C. Rieth 1999, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 9125.05.121, Routes 30/30A Intersection and Vrooman Corners Intersection, Town of Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York

1998

A. Gore, C. Rieth, M.S. LoRusso 1998, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey for PIN 1124.30.121, Site Examination Report for the Catskill I, and Catskill II Sites, Route 23A, Town of Catskill, Greene County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, M.S. LoRusso 1998, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey for PIN 1753.50.121, Middleline Road from Route 50 to Route 67, Town of Ballston, Saratoga County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 1998, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1090.12.122, Route 443 over the Onesquathaw Creek, Town of New Scotland, Albany County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 1998, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1236.14.101, Route 29 from Jockey Street, East Galway to Middle Line Road, North Milton, Towns of Milton and Galway, Saratoga County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 1998, Cultural Resource Site Examination Report for PIN 1753.50.121, The Jennings Site, Middleline Road, Town of Ballston, Saratoga County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, R. Bliven 1998, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3047.24.121, Route 96 from Route 5 and 20 to Huff Street, Village of Waterloo, Seneca County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York

1997

C. Rieth, M.S. LoRusso 1997, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey for PIN 1753.50.121, Middleline Road from Route 50 to Route 67, Town of Ballston, Saratoga County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 1997, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1090.12.122, The Van Wie Site, Route 443 over Onesquethaw Creek, Town of New Scotland, Albany County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, M.S. LoRusso 1997, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1336.03.121, Route 296 from NYS Route 23 to County Route 14 (Goshen Street), Town of Windham, Greene County, New York. (Vols I and II). . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York