Going straight in a sacred landscape: the Great Hopewell Road

A definitive analysis confirms the existence of the Great Hopewell Road, a ceremonial double-walled straight road connecting the Newark Earthworks to the Hopewell Heartland, 90 km away. Using LiDAR and satellite imagery combined with archaeoastronomy methods, researchers propose that this road was part of a unified sacred landscape project, positioning Newark as a 'cosmic' pilgrimage center within the Hopewell culture's network. The study strengthens the understanding of the symbolic significance and connectivity of these ancient geometric earthworks.

Magli, G., & Lepper, B. (2025). Going straight in a sacred landscape: the Great Hopewell Road. Studies in Digital Heritage, 9(1), 37–54. https://doi.org/10.14434/sdh.v9i1.40843