[1][nb 1] The site was named for the property owner Magic Mountain Amusement Park in the late 1950s.

[7] People of the Archaic period were hunters of smaller game, such as deer, antelope and rabbits, and gatherers of wild plants.

Late in the Archaic period, about 200-500 A.D., corn was introduced into the diet and pottery-making became an occupation for storing and carrying food.

[9] Lithic tools and projectile points were found at the site that helped to redefine past assumptions about the area Archaic and Woodland cultures.

[11]: 14, 19–20 The collection of 2,500 artifacts from the Magic Mountain archaeological site were moved to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in 2001.