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Each river develops a typical type of topography according to her reaches because each flowing channel shapes the Earth’s surface through the process of erosion, transportation and deposition of sediments from source areas and deposition of sediment in low-lying areas and streams. The old deposited sediments during the Quaternary era are immensely important from an archaeological point of view, because human development has taken place contemporary to this period. Therefore, most of the contemporary cultural deposit is deposited in these sediments, and such sediment is rich in flora and fauna, which help to reconstruct the palaeoenvironment of those particular areas concerning human development. In the present context, the details of the palaeoenvironment along with the man–land observed in the Upper Reaches of the Sina are studied by taking the Quaternary trenches or excavations at suitable cultural settlement localities, in parts of the south Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.
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I thank the authorities of Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, Pune, for their guidance and encouragement during the work. I am grateful to the colleagues and students who visited the site and helped in the work. I am also thankful to the villagers for their help during the progress of the excavation.
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Sabale, P.D. (2022). Archaeological Evidence of Climate Change: Potential Source to Understand the Past Climate Trend. In: Khare, N. (eds) Science, Policies and Conflicts of Climate Change. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16254-1_10
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