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

2008

C. Rieth 2008, The Catskill I and II Sites: Two Early Late Prehistoric Upland Camps in Eastern New York, The Bulletin: Journal of the New York Archaeological Association 123, 27-35.
C. Rieth 2008, Current Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretation of Small Lithic Sites in the Northeast, New York State Museum Bulletin The University of the State of New York, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2008, Early Woodland Settlement and Land Use in Eastern New York, Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology 24, 153-166.
C. Rieth 2008, Review of American Anthropology 1921-1945: Papers from the American Anthropologist [WWW Document]. Anthropology Review Database,

2007

C. Rieth, S. Higgins, V. Schmitt 2007, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2056.81.101, Intersection of NYS Route 8 and Route 30, Village of Speculator, Towns of Arietta and Lake Pleasant, Hamilton County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, M.S. LoRusso, S. Higgins 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1940.97.101, Baldwin Corners Road over the Champlain Canal, Town of Kingsbury, Washington County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, S. Higgins 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2044.61.121, Log City Road, Town of Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, M.S. LoRusso, S. Higgins 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8004.02.101, Route 6 and Bear Mountain Parkway, Town of Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, A. Lynch, M.S. LoRusso 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8754.76.121, Ravensdale Parkway over Sawmill Bridge, Westchester County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, S. Moragne, R. Morgan 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 6010.14 SR 54 over Eggleston Creek, Town of Barrington, Yates County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York