[1] The site is of historic importance for being a key element helping determine the chronology of prehistoric cultures in the region.
[3] The McLemore Site is located on a terrace overlooking Cobb Creek outside the town of Colony in central western Oklahoma.
[4] The site finds show evidence of a common grouping of features related to a hunter-gatherer culture called the Washita River Focus (named after the Washita River in which watershed it is located), but with undisputed radiocarbon dates from an unusually early period.
It was also the most westerly find of this culture to date, and set off a debate concerning its relationship with a similar complex of features called the Custer River Focus.
[6] The site is on private property, about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Colony on State Highway 4.Public access is not allowed.