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

2005

C. Rieth, V. Schmitt, D. Holschuh 2005, Cultural Resources Archaeological Pre-Reconnaissance and Architectural Survey Report of PIN 1306.50.121,Route 7 and I-87, Town of Colonie, Albany County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2005, Archaeological Research and National Register Significance. New York Archaeological Council Newsletter 2005,
C. Rieth 2005, Crusoe Creek Excavations. The Monitor 2005,
C. Rieth 2005, Cultural Resource Site Examination Report of the Crusoe Creek Site (NYSM \# 1253), Town of Savannah,Wayne County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, J. Bollen 2005, Cultural Resource Survey Reconnaissance Survey Report for OGS 41532, Green Haven Correctional Facility, Greene County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York

2004

C. Rieth 2004, Archaeological Excavations at the Smith-Holloway 4 Site: A Summary of the 2002 and 2003 Field Season. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, M.S. LoRusso, D. Holschuh 2004, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey and Site Examination Report of the Bend Site (NYSM \# 11564), PIN 1807.01.121, Exit 11 Connector from I-87 to Route 9 Intersection, Village of Round Lake, Town of Malta, Saratoga County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2004, Cultural Resources Survey Program Workscope Specification for New York State Department of Transportation Projects. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2004, Research Design for 2004 NYSM/University at Albany, SUNY Field School Excavations at the Pethick Site, Town of Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2004, Protection for Archaeological Remains on State Land. Suffolk County Archaeological Association Newsletter 30, 1-2