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

2002

Hart, J., Means, B., 2002. Maize and Villages: A Summary and Critical Assessment of Current Northeast Early Late Prehistoric Evidence, in: Hart, J., Rieth, C. (Eds.), Northeast Subsistence-Settlement Change: A.D. 700-1300. The University of the State of New York, Albany, New York, pp. 342-358.
Rieth, C., 2002. Analyzing Style and Technology in the Eastern Woodlands, in: Driver, P., Druzik, J., Mass, J. (Eds.), Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology. Material Research Society, Washington, D. C., pp. 213-220.
C. Rieth 2002, Cultural Resources Data Recovery Report for the Schoharie Creek II Site,Town of Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
Rieth, C., 2002. Early Late Prehistoric Settlement: A View from Northcentral Pennsylvania, in: Hart, J., Rieth, C. (Eds.), Northeast Subsistence-Settlement Change: A.D. 700-1300. The University of the State of New York, Albany, New York, pp. 135-152.
C. Rieth 2002, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for the Hudson Psychiatric Center, Dutchess County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
Rieth, C., 2002. Early Late Prehistoric Settlement and Subsistence Diversity in the Southern Tier of New York, in: Hart, J., Rieth, C. (Eds.), Northeast Subsistence-Settlement Change: A.D. 700-1300. The University of the State of New York, Albany, New York, pp. 209-226.
C. Rieth 2002, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for Water Storage Facility, Brace Residential Center, Masonville, Delaware County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
Rieth, C., Hart, J., 2002. Introduction, in: Hart, J., Rieth, C. (Eds.), Northeast Subsistence-Settlement Change: A.D. 700-1300. The University of the State of New York, Albany, New York, pp. 1-10.
C. Rieth 2002, Cultural Resources Site Examination Report for the Webster and Johnstone Sites, Town of Sharon and Steward, Schoharie County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
Rieth, C., 2002. Trace Element Analysis and Its Role in Analyzing Ceramics in the Eastern Woodlands, in: Jakes, K. (Ed.), Archaeological Chemistry: Materials, Methods, and Meaning. American Chemical Society, Washington, D. C., pp. 199-213.