It is happening now as it always has, even more so; the destruction of tribal jewelry and artifacts from a previous era whose time is now taken with the modern modern, powerful, civilized. In the way that a bulldozer moves more ancient bones, artifacts, jewelry out of the path of a new project much quicker than could the small spades and dusting brushes that an archeologist would appply until the site was cleared, often down through a series of layers of civilizations, particularly in east Africa and the middle east, or in ancient China or India.

In such excavations, the lower the layer, the more rudimentary the clay pots or artifacts or jewelry adorning a loved one, and thus the more likely it would be classified as tribal jewelry, rather than say as in Egypt where the later evolved artifacts rose to an ultimate majesty and quality before some great invasion or plague or famine bought them down. Some as China simply kept rebuilding upon it's past, and now perhaps seeing it's Mings and antique things as proof of the glory of China, then and again now.

And so with India, and within limits of mutual human dignity and respect for the rights for all, restricted still in China today, progress yet is being made. And this comes to the point on whether you choose to be a victim or a fellow rider on your golden pony to riches. So take a new plan, Stan. Skip the traffic to the mall, leave the huge buggy of fakes from China to lead head Paul, and get on the net. Check out what is still left over from the precious past, where they are not making any more.

And crunching under dozers the little still out there. For the world needs resources, out where people used to live. And we're grinding into ashes, history and artifacts. Buy old, not new, cut down a coal burning CO2 emission or two. Win, and later win win, retirement mantle filled with items that will not end up at the garage sale down the block. Years ago I listened to the words of Will Rogers who said buy land, they ain't making any more. Well, even better is to buy some of the artifacts and native jewelry as it is still surviving, those are getting less.

Land can only hold it's own; these ancient native jewelry items should only go up if they also aren't making any more, and keep losing a few. Since Will said his ancestors met the boat of those snooty Boston types who came over on the Mayflower, I bet he would love to walk in some of those mocassins again. You would be best to have them in a glass case, appreciating daily.