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

2011

C. Rieth 2011, Cultural Resources Monitoring and Data Recovery Plan for PIN X768.18, Little Bay, Queens, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
A. Gore, C. Rieth 2011, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Historic Preservation Monitoring Report for the Lake Champlain Bridge Project (October 2011), Crown Point, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2011, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report \# 8 for the Lake Champlain Bridge Reconstruction Project (PIN 1805.81.101), Crown Point, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
A. Gore, C. Rieth 2011, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1808.68, DEC Campground Restoration, Lake Champlain Bridge Project, Crown Point, Essex County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, D. Staley, S. Moragne, R. Dean, S. Higgins, L. Xinakes, J. Pellerin 2011, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1935.71, Livingston Avenue Bridge Project, City of Albany and Rensselaer, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2011, Historic Preservation Monitoring Report for the Lake Champlain Bridge (Report \# 17). . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, J. Hart 2011, Current Research in New York State Archaeology: A.D. 700-1300, New York State Museum Record The University of the State of New York, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, J. Cardinal, S. Moragne, J. Ross 2011, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey and Site Examination Report for PIN 3804.47.121, ARRA/ADA Sidewalk Replacements, Route 49, Town of Constantia, Oswego County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York

2010

C. Rieth 2010, Cultural Resources Historic Preservation Monitoring Report \# 1 (August 2010), Crown Point Historic Site, Lake Champlain Bridge Project, Crown Point, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, T. Thomas, A. Lynch, S. Moragne, H. Brown, J. Pellerin 2010, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey and Site Examination Report for PIN 8809.73.101, The Peaslee Paper Mill Site, Town of Chatham, Columbia County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York