Soaring With Stone Eagles
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Letter from Georgia
Soaring With Stone Eagles
A complex of Native American rock mounds bears witness to the endurance of ancient traditions
By ERIC A. POWELL
July/August 2022
A stone mound created by Native Americans between 1550 and 1760 measures up to 30 feet in diameter and is the largest such feature at the site of River Glen in Georgia’s Jackson County. The mound was built in the shape of a raptor around a quartz outcropping.
“I wasn’t sure what to expect,” says Loubser. He notes that piled-stone features, also known as petroforms, have often been a source of controversy among archaeologists who study the southeastern United States, many of whom assume they were left by European-American farmers clearing their fields of stones. But, like Thomas, Loubser’s first thought on visiting the site was that it was unusual and that at least the largest stone mound had very likely been made by Native Americans, not by farmers removing stones before plowing.
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