"ANCIENT AMULET IVORIES"

"Permission"  "Woolly Mammoth Ivory"  "Village elder is also a Shaman" and is in the right place to bring all to a safe return from upriver to the coast and to 'Sealing Point.' "This was a time of giants, a prehistoric relationship that was, at best, precarious.  Permission was essential to cross boundaries and only the 'elders' knew the languages."