-One of the most important and well documented early human sites in North America
-The Murray Springs Clovis Site was created by nomadic hunters who stayed in the area to pursue large game, such as mammoth, horses, and bison
-Archaeologists have named these early hunters Paleoindians, and due to their distinctive artifacts, the Clovis people, after the first site having these types of artifacts, which was found in eastern New Mexico in the 1930s
-The Murray Springs Clovis Site was named for the nearest natural feature, Murray Springs, which is actually located about one half of a mile further east