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, 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, 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, D. Mackey 2008, Archaeological Practice and Review in New York. New York State Archaeological Association Newsletter 3, 4-5
C. Rieth 2008, Beyond the Village: Assessing Upland Contexts during the Late Woodland Period. Newsletter of the New York Archaeological Council , 8-9

2007

C. Rieth, M. Pickands, V. Schmitt 2007, Historical Archaeology at the New York State Museum, Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum 3, 14-15.
C. Rieth, S. Rafferty, C. Wood 2007, Archaeometric analysis of lithic outcrops from Eastern New York, North American Archaeologist 28, 167-186.
C. Rieth 2007, Public Archaeology and Education in Research and Compliance Projects: An Introduction, Northeast Anthropology 73, 1-14.
C. Rieth, K. Primeau 2007, Teaching Our Teachers: A Case Study in Public Archaeology, Northeast Anthropology 73, 15-27.
C. Rieth, S. Rafferty, D Saputo 2007, A Trace Element Analysis of Ceramics from the Pethick Site, Schoharie County, New York, North American Archaeologist 28, 59-80.
C. Rieth, R. Dean 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1130.52.101, Route 22, Town of Fort Ann and Granville, Washington County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York