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

2009

C. Rieth 2009, Cultural Resources Monitoring Plan for the Rosendale Culvert, Route 213, Town of Rosendale, Ulster County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2009, Letter Report Documenting Historic Significance of Pier Locations along Route 9P, City of Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, C. Sobik 2009, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1236.21.101, Route 29 over Black Creek, Town of Salem, Washington County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, L. Johnson 2009, Trace Element Analysis of Lithic Artifacts from the Trapp’s Gap Site. The Trapps Gap Site. Presented at the ,, New York

2008

C. Rieth 2008, Beyond the Village: Assessing Upland Contexts during the Late Woodland Period. Newsletter of the New York Archaeological Council , 8-9
C. Rieth, T. Thomas, J. Pellerin 2008, Cultural Resources Data Recovery Report for PIN 3037.56.121, Bailey Site, Town of Belgium, Onondaga County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth 2008, Review of American Anthropology 1921-1945: Papers from the American Anthropologist [WWW Document]. Anthropology Review Database,
C. Rieth 2008, Early Woodland Settlement and Land Use in Eastern New York, Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology 24, 153-166.
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, D. Mackey 2008, Archaeological Practice and Review in New York. New York State Archaeological Association Newsletter 3, 4-5