“Deer” stones as a Source when Creating Graphic Reconstructions

Abstract

Due to the large number of depicted realities, including those related to the weapons and equipment of the warrior, the “deer” stones represent an important source for the military affairs of the early nomads of Central Asia. This is due to the high realism of the depicted objects and the fact that each sculpture shows an individual set of weapons. Despite the high informative value and expressiveness of these artefacts, they are rarely used to create graphic reconstructions of warriors of that time. In this paper, we will demonstrate the possibilities of this direction using the example of materials from Altai and Mongolia. Two objects are involved as sources. This is a well-known Chui “deer” stone and an object from the Bayan-Bulag-I complex. The article gradually examines the process of interpretation and reconstruction of realities and provides the basic methodological principles of such work.