Jesse Byock is Distinguished Professor at UCLA's Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and Professor of Old Norse Studies in UCLA's Scandinavian Section. Ph.D. from Harvard, he teaches Old Norse language, Viking society, sagas, and Viking Archaeology. He is a spe-cialist in the study of feud and feuding societies, a subject covered in detail in Viking Age Iceland (Penguin Books). Prof. Byock directs the Mosfell Archaeological Project (MAP) in Iceland, excavating a Viking Age chieftain¿s longhouse, harbor, and valley. He teaches at the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands) affiliated with the Department of History and the Program in Viking and Medieval Norse Studies. His books have been translated into French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.