"MY OWN WORDS"

"Now exposed on the beaches, and being lost to the sea, entire ancient villages are in a slow motion retraction of their thousand year history.  The permafrost now surrendering to thaw and entire subterranean houses spilling slowly on the gravels and sand to be quickly reclaimed and this time buried below the surf.  This Amulet of ancient walrus ivory is an example of such objects being lost from their frozen place in ancient dwellings."