Khirigsuurs are communal ritual and mortuary monuments that featured prominently on Late
Bronze Age pastoralist landscapes of the Mongolian steppe through the mid-late second …

The horse, as a domestic animal, had a strong impact on the organisation of ancient
societies of the eastern steppes of Eurasia by enabling people to move faster and transport …

The deer stone and khirgisuur (DSK) monumental complexes are iconic elements of the
Late Bronze Age (c. 1200–700 BC) ceremonial mortuary landscape of the Eastern Eurasian …

Concentrated along the northern fringe of the Mongolian steppe south of the forested
mountains of Tuva in southern Siberia, stone plinths covered with graceful carvings of deer …

Deer stone and khirigsuur complexes are monuments that are characteristic of the Late
Bronze Age (1200-700 BC) of the steppes of central and northern Mongolia. The khirigsuurs …

Recent research traces the origins of Mongolian horse herding and riding as far as the late
Bronze Age Deer Stone-Khirigsuur Complex (DSKC), a tradition known from its standing …

This paper presents new archaeozoological evidence for horse pastoralism and transport in
Mongolia's Deer Stone–Khirigsuur (DSK) Complex (circa 1300–700 BCE). As both livestock …

Abstract The mountains of Central Asia during the Bronze and Iron Ages are increasingly
being reconceived as an important zone for intensive crop cultivation in combination with …

Several khirigsuurs, slab graves, and other stone structures were excavated during rescue
excavations in the Middle Orkhon Valley in 2006 and 2007. The information from these …

Archaeological horse remains from Mongolia's late Bronze Age Deer Stone-Khirigsuur
(DSK) culture present some of the oldest direct radiocarbon dates for horses in northeast …