United States, Georgia, Putnam County, Eatonton, 33.3268, -83.3885Linley, John1960/1980Located 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."image/jpegForms part of: John Linley Collectionhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Scott, FlorenceAncientNative AmericanQuartziteMetamorphic rockRockEffigiesFunerary sculptureSculpture (visual work)Landscape architecture--Georgia--EatontonLandscape architecture--Georgia--Putnam CountyRock Eagle (near Eatonton, Ga.)StillImage