PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - William W. Fitzhugh
TI  - Stone Shamans and Flying Deer of Northern Mongolia: Deer Goddess of Siberia or Chimera of the Steppe?
AID  - 10.1353/arc.0.0025
DP  - 2009 Feb 06
TA  - Arctic Anthropology
PG  - 72--88
VI  - 46
IP  - 1-2
4099  - http://aa.uwpress.org/content/46/1-2/72.short
4100  - http://aa.uwpress.org/content/46/1-2/72.full
SO  - Arctic Anthropol2009 Feb 06; 46
AB  - Mongolia’s Bronze Age deer stones are one of the most striking expressions of early monumental art in Central Asia, yet their age, origins, relationships, and meaning remain obscure. Speculation about Scythian connections has stimulated recent research in Mongolia that has begun to peel away their mysteries and reveals connections to Scytho-Siberian and northern art. Radiocarbon-dated horse skulls indicate pre-Scythian ages of “classic Mongolian” deer stones as well as firm association with the Late Bronze Age khirigsuur [kurgan] burial mound complex.