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 A mummified body that could be hundreds or even thousands of years old was found Friday afternoon by workers at the site of the planned Singleton Quarry, prompting the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to halt activity at the site until the discovery can be verified. 
 
 Lake County Sheriff John Buncich confirmed his department was called to the scene around noon Friday after the workers reported discovering what they thought might be a body on the Clay Street property about one mile south of Indiana Route 2. 
 
 "It appears to be a mummified body estimated to be anywhere from 500 to 2,000 years old," Buncich said. "They are thinking from discussions out there it may have been an Indian burial ground." 
 
 Singleton Stone LLC is set to begin construction on a limestone quarry on a 1-mile by 1.5-mile parcel of farmland south of Route 2, west of Range Line Road and east of Interstate 65. The quarry is expected to be about 450 feet deep and will pump between 30 million and 72 million gallons of water a day into the Singleton Ditch. 
 
 The site where the remains were found is adjacent to the Singleton Ditch about a quarter mile west of Clay behind a locked gate. 
 
 Conservation Officer Terri Millefoglie confirmed the DNR was called to the site because items were found by Singleton Stone workers. It is a requirement that the agency be called in when potential artifacts are uncovered. She said the items have been forwarded to an archaeologist for further investigation to determine exactly what has been discovered. 
 
 She said it is too early to tell if the remains are Native American. 
 
 Millefoglie said work at the site was stopped because of the discovery and cannot continue until the items discovered have been properly identified. 
 
 "There are many laws around Indian sites. … If it is determined this is any type of sacred ground there are many avenues they will need to follow — many, many steps after today," she said. 
 
 Millefoglie said she is uncertain how long the examination will take but expects to have more information available early next week. 
 
 Carrie Napoleon is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.
– Workers exploring the site of an intended quarry in rural Indiana stumbled upon a mummified body that experts say could be anywhere from 500 to 2,000 years old, the Times of Northwest Indiana reports. "They could distinguish a head and a torso," says a local sheriff. "It could be a Native American burial ground." Because the remains appear to pre-date 1940, the coroner's office and law enforcement won't be involved in any criminal investigation; as the Times puts it, if a crime did occur, it's likely "hundreds of years too late to do anything about it." The state's archaeology department is taking the lead. This after archaeologists actually made the find: The newspaper explains that in order to get the necessary permits to excavate, archaeologists first need to scour the intended area for artifacts. Those employed at the site discovered the remains on Friday, prompting law enforcement and the coroner's office to be called in. Development of the Singleton Quarry has been halted for now. "There are many laws around Indian sites," conservation officer Terri Millefoglie tells the Chicago Tribune. "If it is determined this is any type of sacred ground, there are many avenues they will need to follow—many, many steps after today." The site, about an hour south of Chicago, is set to serve as a place for mining a concrete aggregate used in road construction and as a quarry that pumps as many as 72 million gallons of water into the Singleton Ditch daily. Nearby residents and farmers have long opposed the project. (Check out what's happening to the world's oldest mummies.)