- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Rock mounds and structures
- Creator:
- Williams, Mark
- Date of Original:
- 2004-04-27
- Subject:
- Georgia--Antiquities
Historic sites--Georgia
Indians--Antiquities
Mounds--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about rock mounds and structures in Georgia. Indian-made rock structures occur in several parts of Georgia. The most famous is the Rock Eagle just north of Eatonton in Putnam County. This large effigy, which measures 102 feet across the wings, is made of large quartz cobbles and likely dates to the Middle Woodland Period of the early centuries A.D. A second rock pile, which appears to be in the shape of a hawk, is located in eastern Putnam County. Several Indian-made rock walls surmount many of the high hills in central and northwest Georgia as well as adjacent central Tennessee. Such a wall once ringed the summit of Stone Mountain before it was destroyed in the Early Historic Period.
GSE identifier: SS2H2 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/rock-mounds-and-structures/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Rock Mounds and Structures," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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