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

C. Rieth, J. Hart 2002, Northeast Subsistence-Settlement Change: A.D. 700 1300, New York State Museum Bulletin The University of the State of New York, Albany, NY

2001

C. Rieth 2001, Cultural Resources Data Recovery Report for the Ballston Archaeological District and the Jennings Site, Town of Ballston, Saratoga County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2001, Cultural Resources Site Examination Report for PIN 9111.18.101, The Webster and Johnstone Sites, Reconstruction and Realignment of Route 145, US 20, and County Route 5A, Towns of Sharon and Seward, Schoharie County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York

2000

C. Rieth, B. Baker 2000, Beyond the Massacre: Historic and Prehistoric Activity at Fort William Henry, Northeast Anthropology 60, 48-61.
C. Rieth 2000, A Cultural Resource Survey Report for Site Monitoring Activities at the Robinson II Site, PIN 3804.06.121, Bartell Road Fishing Access Site, Interstate Deck Bridge Project, Town of Clay, Onondaga County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2000, Cultural Resources Historic Preservation Plan for Bartell Road Fishing Access Site, Interstate Bridge Deck Project, Town of Clay, Onondaga County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York

1999

C. Rieth 1999, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3804.06.121, Bartell Road Fishing Access Site, Interstate Bridge Deck Project, Town of Clay, Onondaga County, New York and Town of Hastings, Oswego County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 1999, Cultural Resources Data Recovery Plan, Schoharie Creek II Site, Route 7 over Schoharie Creek, Town of Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 1999, Cultural Resources Data Recovery Report for PIN 1753.50.121, Middle Line Road, Town of Ballston, Saratoga County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 1999, Cultural Resources Data Recovery Report for the Schoharie Creek II Site, PIN 9306.56.121, Route 7 over Schoharie Creek, Town of Schoharie, Schoharie, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York