- Collection:
- Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library
- Title:
- Rock Eagle (near Eatonton, Ga.)
- Creator:
- Linley, John
- Date of Original:
- 1960/1980
- Subject:
- Scott, Florence
Ancient
Native American
Quartzite
Metamorphic rock
Rock
Effigies
Funerary sculpture
Sculpture (visual work)
Landscape architecture--Georgia--Eatonton
Landscape architecture--Georgia--Putnam County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Putnam County, Eatonton, 33.3268, -83.3885
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Located at: Rock Eagle State Park, U.S. Rt. 441, Eatonton vicinity, Putnam County, Ga.
View from tower. The Rock Eagle is a mound of small to medium sized white quartzite rocks, arranged in the shape of an eagle, that rises about 10 feet above ground level. In the 1930's Florence Scott sold the mound and the surrounding land to the United States government. The Works Progress Administration (WPA), in association with the University of Georgia, renovated the site and built a granite stone tower from which visitors could view the effigy. Plants were removed from the mounds and rocks scattered near the site were replaced. The Woodland Indians, who inhabited this area from 1,000BC to 1,000AD, were most likely the builders of the mound. The people who built Rock Eagle may have been part of the Hopewell or the Adena Culture, but it is more likely that the Woodland Indians were a distinct cultural development. For more information see Linley, John. Architecture of Middle Georgia: the Oconee Area. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, c1972, pp. 13, 16-18, 74, 157.
Slide annotated: "Rock Eagle from tower, Putnam Co." - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_jlc1024
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_jlc1024#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_larc_jlc1024/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of image], John Linley Collection, Owens Library, School of Environment and Design, The University of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 negative : b&w
- Holding Institution:
- Owens Library
- Rights:
-
