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

2009

C. Rieth, C. Sobik 2009, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1236.21.101, Route 29 over Black Creek, Town of Salem, Washington County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2009, Schoharie Creek III Site, Town of Jefferson, Schoharie County, New York. Newsletter of the New York Archaeology Council , 3
Rieth, C., 2009. Early European Settlement in the Northeast, in: McManamon, F., Cordell, L., Lightfoot, K., Milner, G. (Eds.), Archaeology in America: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, pp. 25-28.
Rieth, C., 2009. Reanalyzing Scale in the Eastern Woodlands: The View from Eastern New York., in: Miroff, Laurie, Knapp, Timothy (Eds.), Iroquoian Archaeology and Analytical Scale. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee, pp. 1-18.

2008

Bernstein, D.J., Lenardi, M., 2008. The Use of Lithic Resources in a Coastal Environment: Quartz Technology on Long Island, New York, in: Rieth, C. (Ed.), Current Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretation of Small Lithic Sites in the Northeast. The University of the State of New York, Albany, New York, pp. 101-110.
C. Rieth, S. Higgins 2008, Cultural Resources Data Recovery Plan for PIN 8004.02.101, Intersection of Route 6 and Bear Mountain Parkway, Town of Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York (Paul J. Higgins Site). . Presented at the ,,
Rieth, C., 2008. Future Considerations for the Analysis and Interpretation of Small Lithic Sites in the Northeast, in: Rieth, C. (Ed.), Current Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretation of Small Lithic Sites in the Northeast. The University of the State of New York, Albany, New York, pp. 203-208.
C. Rieth, D. Mackey 2008, Archaeological Practice and Review in New York. New York State Archaeological Association Newsletter 3, 4-5
Rieth, C., 2008. Introduction, in: Rieth, C. (Ed.), Current Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretation of Small Lithic Sites in the Northeast. The University of the State of New York, Albany, New York, pp. 1-7.
C. Rieth 2008, Beyond the Village: Assessing Upland Contexts during the Late Woodland Period. Newsletter of the New York Archaeological Council , 8-9