The summer dig, which ended last month, also found evidence that the builders of the stone circle used deer antlers as pickaxes.
(In 2005, the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute began using scanning to create digital models of 5,000-year-old 5,000-year-old 5,000-year-oldsame year, a team of Japanese researchers usedeercombination of lastonesanning and high-definition photography to create a virtual Mongolia the Venusame Milo at the Louvre).
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 Asia, hinting at an important link between late Bronze Age social developments and the adoption or innovation of horse transport in the region.
With honourable exceptions, such as the BBC, coverage in the British media majored on Stone's transgender status: "Deer spears sex-swap Kate"; "Sex swap scientist in fight for life"; and "Sex-swap scientist gored by stag".
It was pleasant to sit in the cool of the evening with their feet on the great stone and watch the deer come down to drink and, just before darkness, see the herons flying upstream, their color matching the sky so closely they might have been eyes of wind.
Each restaurant features a front porch lined with wooden rocking chairs, a wooden peg solitaire game on every table, and a stone fireplace with a deer head displayed above the mantel.
A letter to the Gazette the next week, however, revealed that the stones were made from deer antlers and contained no medicinal value.
Substantial stone walls built to funnel deer into pens that may date from this period still exist in the western glens.
Massive resources were required to construct Castle Rising, which included three baileys with large earthwork defences and a stone keep, with an adjacent deer park just behind the castle.
Some examples of these are lanterns, pavilions, pagoda, stepping stones and gravel, water bowls, deer chasers, fencing or screens, etc. Pick a nice large area.
