In all my year in the woods I had never seen deer sign more plentiful. There were runways, fresh tracks in the wet ground, beds, and rubbed and broken brush on which bucks had polished their antlers.

Eight years ago, archaeologists in Sweden unearthed a deer’s antler covered with intricate patterns. Found at the archaeological site of Strandvägen, the artifact dates to around the sixth ...

A haul of Stone Age artifacts included a highly ornamental deer antler that had been turned into an ax handle. The discovery is extremely rare, according to experts, and likely served multiple uses.