One of the striking features of tropical and sub-tropical regions is the ubiquitous formation of laterite. Formed through prolonged weathering, fluctuating groundwater levels, and shifting redox conditions, the iron-rich concretion has fascinated researchers due to the unique challenges it poses. Shaped by local climate and geochemical dynamics, lateritic processes create complex depositional environments that can obscure stratigraphic resolution, compromise artefact preservation, and complicate dating methods, often resulting in the marginalization of the lateritic context within mainstream archaeological discourse. This session invites interdisciplinary perspectives from geoarchaeology and geochemistry to taphonomy and material culture studies, to address these challenges. Through this dialogue, we hope to deepen a more nuanced and methodological framework of how these landscapes affect past human activities.