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

2010

C. Rieth 2010, Cultural Resources Survey Report for PIN AX16.13.701, Documentation of pre-1929 Ferry Landing, Lake Champlain Bridge Project, Town of Crown Point, Essex County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2010, Historic Preservation Monitoring Report \#5 for the Lake Champlain Bridge Project, Crown Point, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2010, Historic Preservation Monitoring Report \# 6 for the Lake Champlain Bridge Project, Crown Point, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2010, Letter Report for PIN 1807.72, Route 9N, Town of Hague, Warren County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
Rieth, C., Horton, E., 2010. Stylistic and Technological Analysis of Ceramic Vessels from the Bailey Site, Onondaga County, New York, in: Patrick, Sternberg (Ed.), Preserving Tradition and Understanding the Past: Papers from the Conference on Iroquois Research, 2001-2005. The University of the State of New York, Albany, New York, pp. 5-14.

2009

C. Rieth, A. Lynch, M.S. LoRusso 2009, Cultural Resource Pre-Reconnaissance and Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3104.18.101/BIN 4045180, Route 298, Bear Street, City of Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, A. Lynch, J. Ross, V. Schmitt 2009, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3501.52.101, Sentinel Heights Road over Interstate 81, Town of Onondaga County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2009, Cultural Resources Monitoring Plan for the Rosendale Culvert, Route 213, Town of Rosendale, Ulster County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2009, Letter Report Documenting Historic Significance of Pier Locations along Route 9P, City of Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, L. Johnson 2009, Trace Element Analysis of Lithic Artifacts from the Trapp’s Gap Site. The Trapps Gap Site. Presented at the ,, New York