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

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
C. Rieth 2007, Archaeological Monitoring, Treatment, and Data Recovery Plan for the Erie Canal and Rexford Aqueduct Site (NYSM 10878), Route 146, Town of Niskayuna, Schenectady County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, M.S. LoRusso, S. Moragne 2007, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3804.81.321, Emergency Culvert Replacement, Route 48, Baldwinsville, Onondaga County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2007, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN AX1710701, NYS Route 28 (C963068), Town of Franklin, Delaware County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2007, Cultural Resources Data Recovery Plan for the Erie Canal and Rexford Aqueduct Site, Town of Niskayuna, Schenectady County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York