Getting There
The deer stone complex of Uushigiin uver is located in 18km west of Murun, a central town of Khuvsgul province Mongolia. This is the place where a funeral practice and sacrificial ritual took place around Bronze Age.
What to Expect
Deer stones are unique monuments dating to the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age that are found mostly in Mongolia and in some Central Asian countries. The Bronze Age funeral practice, sacrificial ritual and ideology and animal style art, which were spread among ancient nomads, are all together represented through deer stones.
This unique site was listed in UNESCO in 2014. Some of the stones have vibrant white designs etched against an ochre-coloured background. The Uushigiin Uver site is set apart by its most unique, stone 14, which is topped with the head of a woman is considered one of the rarest statues. The carved stones are 2500 to 4000 years old.
History
Mongolia is rich with monuments and complex heritage sites that belong to Bronze Age culture. On an arid plain about 20km west of Mörön city of Khuvsgul province, 30 deer stones have survived both howling winds and history, and now constitute one of the most enchanting Bronze Age archaeological sites in the country.
