An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s4.13

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Palaeoclimates with a general tendency towards aridity have been postulated for the Upper Palaeolithic by sedimentological studies of the tool-bearing deposits of the river BELAN, at PATNE and in the VISADI and BUDH PUSHKAR sand-dunes. Analyses of the Belan deposits have shown that they were laid in a fluvial environment and that the stream had possibly a uniform water-flow throughout the year, suggesting that the climatic conditions were not as arid as in the Holocene. More or less similar conclusions have been arrived at by the study of Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic sediments at PATNE, which indicate the formation of the former under less arid climatic conditions than the latter.