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, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for Route 28, Town of Nineveh, Chenango County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2007, Report on the Activities of the State Archaeologist’s Office 2006-2007.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, C. Sobik 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1043.51.101, Intersection of Route 9/67 and Stonebreak Road, Town of Malta, Saratoga County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, M.S. LoRusso, C. Sobik, S. Higgins 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2018.95.101, Route 28 through Blue Mountain Lake, Town of Indian Lake, Hamilton County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, M. Pickands, V. Schmitt 2007, Historical Archaeology at the New York State Museum, Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum 3, 14-15.
C. Rieth, S. Rafferty, C. Wood 2007, Archaeometric analysis of lithic outcrops from Eastern New York, North American Archaeologist 28, 167-186.
C. Rieth 2007, Public Archaeology and Education in Research and Compliance Projects: An Introduction, Northeast Anthropology 73, 1-14.
C. Rieth, R. Dean 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1130.52.101, Route 22, Town of Fort Ann and Granville, Washington County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, K. Primeau 2007, Teaching Our Teachers: A Case Study in Public Archaeology, Northeast Anthropology 73, 15-27.
C. Rieth, S. Rafferty, D Saputo 2007, A Trace Element Analysis of Ceramics from the Pethick Site, Schoharie County, New York, North American Archaeologist 28, 59-80.