Hopewell Dakota Sioux Earthwork in Dearborn County, Indiana Revealed by Lidar Imagery

The ancient work remains on private property with no plans of preservation by the State. Indiana University and Ball State University archaeology departments have plans of excavating (destroying) the site in the near future and so its fate is uncertain at best.

Part of the earthwork are clearly visible in this lidar image along with the burial mound within. At least one of the burial mounds that are on the ridge to the northeast is also visible.