Abstract
The article is devoted to the interpretation of deer stone style petroglyphs from Mongolian Altai. The plan of the research is that deer stones and rock carvings of deer reflected the same ideas. Each deer stone of Mongolian-Trans-Baikal style symbolized the ancestor of the ancient tribe and at the same time the Universe of that tribe. Figures of deer covering the surface of the statue corresponded to social groups (clans) comprising the tribe. If the society that created deer stones had a dual-clan exogamic structure, the number of deer depicted (each of which symbolized a clan) on rock surfaces should be even and often divisible by four. The article gives examples and interpretations of rock carvings with four, six, ten and two deer to confirm our suppositions.
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