5 0 0 ▁de er ▁stones ▁in ▁E uras ia . ▁Over ▁ 1 3 0 0 ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁recorded ▁in ▁territory ▁of ▁modern ▁Mong olia . ▁ ▁Similar ▁images ▁are ▁found ▁in ▁a ▁wider ▁area , ▁as ▁far ▁west ▁as ▁Kub an , ▁Russia ; ▁the ▁Southern ▁Bug ▁in ▁the ▁Ukraine ; ▁Dob ru ja , ▁Bulg aria ; ▁and ▁the ▁El be , ▁which ▁flows ▁through ▁the ▁Czech ▁Republic ▁and ▁Germany . ▁ ▁Origin ▁and ▁purpose ▁ ▁De er ▁stones ▁were ▁probably ▁originally ▁ere cted ▁by ▁Bron ze ▁Age ▁nom ads ▁around ▁ 1 0 0 0 ▁B CE ▁though ▁further ▁research ▁into ▁the ▁C immer ian ▁stone ▁st ela e - K urg an ▁st ela e ▁should ▁be ▁taken ▁into ▁much ▁consideration . ▁Later ▁cult ures ▁have ▁often ▁re used ▁the ▁stones ▁in ▁their ▁own ▁bur ial ▁m ounds ▁( known ▁as ▁k her eg s ü ür s ) ▁and ▁for ▁other ▁purposes . ▁Modern ▁v and als ▁have ▁also ▁def ac ed ▁and ▁even ▁lo oted ▁the ▁stones . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 2 , ▁V . V . ▁Rad lov ▁published ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁draw ings ▁of ▁de er ▁stones ▁in ▁Mong olia . ▁Rad lov ' s ▁draw ings ▁showed ▁the ▁highly ▁st yl ized ▁images ▁of ▁de er ▁on ▁the ▁stones , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁settings ▁in ▁which ▁they ▁were ▁placed . ▁Rad lov ▁showed ▁that ▁in ▁some ▁instances ▁the ▁stones ▁were ▁set ▁in ▁patterns ▁suggesting ▁the ▁walls ▁of ▁a