Archaeologists and geoscientists have proof that the area around the upper San Pedro River in southern Arizona has been inhabited for about 11,200 years. In addition to finding mammoths at Murray Springs, archaeologists have discovered the bones of extinct forms of camels and bisons killed by the Clovis hunters who are believed to be the earliest inhabitants of what is now Arizona. Visitors can follow a short trail that begins off Moson Road and leads through the arroyo where the excavation is explained. The site is managed by the Bureau of Land Management Arizona.
Murray Springs Clovis Site
The site was first discovered in 1966 by Dr. C. Vance Haynes and Dr. Peter Mehringer of the University of Arizona. Upon securing funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society, Haynes excavated the site from 1967-1971. Many wonderful artifacts and fossil bones were found during those summers, all pieces of a great puzzle about life in the late Ice Age and the mysterious extinction of the large mammal species.
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