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The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press is committed to making the fruits of archaeological research accessible to professionals, scholars, students, and the general public. We do this by producing high-quality academic volumes in a variety of innovative formats. Publishing about 10 titles per year in seven different series, our archaeological publications receive critical acclaim in both the academic and popular communities. To see our latest volumes please browse our books.

Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Lloyd E. Cotsen and other donors, our volumes are subsidized so that they can be made available at an affordable price to people around the globe while maintaining a superb level of quality. Continued donor support is critically important to fulfill our mission of disseminating archaeological research and there are a number of ways prospective donors can help ensure the preservation of cultural heritage through publication.

The following programs highlight ways in which you can support the Cotsen Institute Press:

Sponsor a Book

Gifts of $5,000 or more can be may be designated to subsidize the special costs associated with a book’s publication and will be recognized in the first pages of the book. Donors can also choose to underwrite a series of publications in a particular subject with a gift of $25,000 or more. To sponsor a book online, visit Support CIOA.

Library Donation Program

This program aims to facilitate archaeological research globally by providing libraries with complimentary copies of our publications through the generosity of Cotsen Institute donors. The worldwide research of Cotsen Institute scholars builds foundations for archaeological research in many countries, and the Library Donation Program allows underfunded archaeological institutes and libraries to acquire important regional monographs published by the Cotsen Institute. By joining the Library Donation Program you support the dissemination of our critically acclaimed publications to libraries supporting local archaeological research around the world. Donations cover the cost of the book and shipping, and each volume will carry a bookplate acknowledging the generosity of the donor. Each donor participating in the Cotsen Institute Library Donation Program will also be recognized in Backdirt: Annual Review.

To participate in the Library Donation Program or to inquire about other ways to support the Cotsen Institute Press, please contact Astrid Virding.

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Featured Publication

The Construction of Value

Scholars from Aristotle to Marx and beyond have been fascinated by the question of what constitutes value. The Construction of Value in the Ancient World makes a significant contribution to this ongoing inquiry, bringing together in one comprehensive volume the perspectives of leading anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, linguists, philologists, and sociologists on how value was created, defined, and expressed in a number of ancient societies around the world. Based on the basic premise that value is a social construct defined by the cultural context in which it is situated, the volume explores four overarching but closely interrelated themes: place value, body value, object value, and number value. The questions raised and addressed are of central importance to archaeologists studying ancient civilizations: How can we understand the value that might have been accorded to materials, objects, people, places, and patterns of action by those who produced or used the things that compose the human material record? Taken as a whole, the contributions to this volume demonstrate how the concept of value lies at the intersection of individual and collective tastes, desires, sentiments, and attitudes that inform the ways people select, or give priority to, one thing over another.

Available now!

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