Founder of the village created a series of flat tombstones or altarstones, one for each era of the village's history. The stylized face of a creature on each. They aren't just stones. The system has worked well for centuries. A door has opened.
Society is in crisis.
But they've turned away from shamanism, back to machines. I don't see why. The evidence troubles me. In a single generation their native ecolore has been lost. They're blind to them.