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 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, V. Schmitt, L. Xinakes 2011, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 1357.13.121, Addendum to CR (Birchwood Drive) and BIN 1070650 over I-88, Town of Princetown, Schenectady County, New York. . Presented at the ,New York State Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, V. Schmitt, L. Xinakes 2011, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 1357.13.121, Addendum to CR (Birchwood Drive) and BIN 1070650 over I-88, Town of Princetown, Schenectady County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2011, The Schoharie Creek III (NYSM \# 10841), Central Bridge, New York. New York Archaeological Council Newsletter , 1-2
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

2010

C. Rieth 2010, Letter Report for PIN 1807.72, Route 9N, Town of Hague, Warren County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2010, Cultural Resources Survey Report for PIN AX16.13.701, Documentation of pre-1929 Ferry Landing, Lake Champlain Bridge Project, Town of Crown Point, Essex County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York