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 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Letter Report for PIN 2056.81.101, Route 8, Town of Arietta, Hamilton County, New York—Addendum. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, M.S. LoRusso, H. Brown, J. Pasquini 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1116.43.121/BIN 1-00673-0, Route 9N, Village of Hadley, Saratoga County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 5804.56.121, Route 20, Town of Ripley, Chautauqua County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 9067.10.101, Route 17 (Exit 115), Town of Mamakating, Sullivan County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN AX1710701, NYS Route 28, Culvert Flood Damage (C963067), Town of Franklin, Delaware County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN AX1710701, NYS Route 41 (C920110), Town of Afton, Chenango County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for Route 28, Town of Nineveh, Chenango County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2007, Report on the Activities of the State Archaeologist’s Office 2006-2007.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, C. Sobik 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1043.51.101, Intersection of Route 9/67 and Stonebreak Road, Town of Malta, Saratoga County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, M.S. LoRusso, C. Sobik, S. Higgins 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2018.95.101, Route 28 through Blue Mountain Lake, Town of Indian Lake, Hamilton County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York