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Deeply carved mammoth ivory pendant of Yggdrasil (Norse World Tree) - The serpent, Nidhogg, twine among its roots while the squirrel, Ratatoskr, fends it off. Above the tree the Odin's ravens, Huginn (Thought) and Munin (Memory, take flight over the world. 48 mm (2.875 in) tall, 26 mm (1 in wide), 8 mm (.3125 in) deep - sterling silver hanging ring supplied - hole 4.5 mm wide Yggdrasil World Tree Mammoth Ivory Pendant by dragonscalearts, $250.00
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The issues are: global warming is exposing these things, and if they don't get collected, local weather totally trashes them. Scientists try to evaluate them before they get sold, for archaeological/paleontological significance — they have a love/hate relationship with the desire to sell them, because it gets more of them safely collected but not necessarily into scientific hands. The Chinese buy as many as they can — but it doesn't seem to reduce their appetite for modern elephant ivory.
Sorry you didn't like Footfall more. Maybe that's why I've avoided re-reading it for so long now – don't want to screw up memories of a good book 20-ish years ago. I generally like Niven, though (Ringworld, etc.) so I hope it would hold up. I still do love the names, and small things like their horror at Earth porn.
I'm definitely intrigued by the idea that a "child" race could implement technology they didn't understand for as vast an undertaking as interstellar travel. Some overlap with "Galaxy Quest," come to think of it.