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

2007

C. Rieth 2007, Archaeological Monitoring, Treatment, and Data Recovery Plan for the Erie Canal and Rexford Aqueduct Site (NYSM 10878), Route 146, Town of Niskayuna, Schenectady County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, M.S. LoRusso, S. Moragne 2007, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3804.81.321, Emergency Culvert Replacement, Route 48, Baldwinsville, Onondaga County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2007, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN AX1710701, NYS Route 28 (C963068), Town of Franklin, Delaware County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2007, Cultural Resources Data Recovery Plan for the Erie Canal and Rexford Aqueduct Site, Town of Niskayuna, Schenectady County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Letter Report for PIN 2056.81.101, Route 8, Town of Arietta, Hamilton County, New York—Addendum. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, M.S. LoRusso, H. Brown, J. Pasquini 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1116.43.121/BIN 1-00673-0, Route 9N, Village of Hadley, Saratoga County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 5804.56.121, Route 20, Town of Ripley, Chautauqua County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 9067.10.101, Route 17 (Exit 115), Town of Mamakating, Sullivan County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN AX1710701, NYS Route 28, Culvert Flood Damage (C963067), Town of Franklin, Delaware County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN AX1710701, NYS Route 41 (C920110), Town of Afton, Chenango County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York