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Rock Eagle Effigy Mound is an archaeological site in Putnam County, Georgia, U.S. estimated to have been constructed c. 1000 BC to AD 1000 (1,000 to 3,000 years ago).The earthwork was built up of thousands of pieces of quartzite laid in the mounded shape of a large bird (102 ft long from head to tail, and 120 ft wide from wing tip to wing tip).
The Rock Eagle Effigy Mound, a Native American archaeological site, is located north of the city. It is one of two such sites east of the Mississippi River; both are in Putnam County. The mound and related earthwork constructions were made by Woodland culture peoples, perhaps as long ago as 1,000 to 3,000 years. The site is situated within a ...
Rock Hawk Effigy Mound is an archaeological site in Putnam County, Georgia, United States. It consists of thousands of pieces of quartzite laid in the shape of a large bird. Although it is most often referred to as a hawk, scholars do not know exactly what type of bird the original builders intended to portray.
Eatonton: Rock Eagle Effigy Mound, 1000–3000 years old, viewable from an observation tower 4: Rockville Academy and St. Paul Methodist Church Historic District: Rockville Academy and St. Paul Methodist Church Historic District: November 19, 2002 : E of Eatonton and S of GA 16, Rockville Rd.
We moved to Eatonton, Georgia because we are the Yamassee, a branch of the Washitaw Moors, The Mound Builders. Our Ancestors built the Rock Eagle Mound and many others in such states as Wisconsin, Ohio, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Tennessee. This is why we chose Eatonton to live. It is close to Rock Eagle Mound.
A very low mound, due to agricultural activity in the past. Ramey Mound: Surviving component of an earthworks complex in Bath County, Kentucky. Reeves Mound: Located in the southeastern part of Ohio, north of the unincorporated community of Alfred, in Meigs County. Rock Eagle: In Putnam County, Georgia, sometimes attributed to members of the ...
The interior features a raised-earth platform, shaped like an eagle with a forked-eye motif. Molded seats on the platform were built for the leaders. The eagle was a symbol of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, which the people shared with other Mississippian cultures. Ocmulgee National Monument, Funeral mound, c. 1876
Putnam County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 22,047. [1] The county seat is Eatonton. [2] Since the early 21st century, the county has had a housing boom.