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

2008

C. Rieth 2008, The Catskill I and II Sites: Two Early Late Prehistoric Upland Camps in Eastern New York, The Bulletin: Journal of the New York Archaeological Association 123, 27-35.
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
C. Rieth, M.S. LoRusso, C. Sobik 2008, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2018.98.121, Route 28, Town of Newport, Herkimer County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, M.S. LoRusso, C. Sobik 2008, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1043.52.101, Route 9 Spier Falls Road, Town of Moreau, Saratoga County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, S. Moragne, J. Pellerin 2008, Archaeological Monitoring, Treatment, and Data Recovery Plan for PIN 2064.01.122, Route 5S Corridor including ramp at Culvert Ave, City of Utica, Oneida County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, S. Moragne, J. Ross 2008, Archaeological Pre-Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3024.08.121/BIN 1041810, Bridge Rehabilitation at Route 221 over Merrill Creek, Town of Marathon, Cortland County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, S. Moragne 2008, Archaeological Monitoring, Treatment, and Data Recovery Plan for PIN 2125.15.121, Route 30A, Village of Fonda, Montgomery County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
C. Rieth, S. Higgins 2008, Cultural Resources Data Recovery Plan for PIN 8004.02.101, Intersection of Route 6 and Bear Mountain Parkway, Town of Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York (Paul J. Higgins Site). . Presented at the ,,
C. Rieth, T. Thomas, J. Pellerin 2008, Cultural Resources Data Recovery Report for The Thomas-Kahn Site, Town of Clay, Onondaga County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York