After all of the science, the analysis, the reconstruction, and the interpretation, a fundamental gap remains.

He had a name.

Everyone does.

In the community of Barton-upon-Humber around 1079, this man was known by a name.

He was spoken to by that name, called to services by it, remembered by it when he died.

That name is nowhere in the record.

His face, which can now be seen, was known by that name to everyone who saw it in his lifetime.

His bones, which have been measured, sampled, and analyzed, were animated by a person who had opinions, preferences, relationships, memories, and a history in his own community.