These people were given neither marginal nor particularly dignified burials, suggesting that they were all common and integrated members of their communities. Often more conservative elements of our society will refer to the past to promote ideas of tradition and encourage a return to attitudes that can be restrictive, discriminatory, and sadly even actively harmful to those who do not fit within them, particularly around economic status, gender binaries and norms. We believe that if we look closely at the evidence from the past we will always see diversity and difference and that it is through celebrating this that we can contribute to a more inclusive world today.
