“…Over the past few decades a small number of geoarchaeologists and archaeological scientists have endeavoured to reconstruct archaeological site formation processes in humid tropical environments (e.g. Gillieson 1986;Mercader, 2002;Mercader et al, 2003;Gilbertson et al, 2005;Stephens et al, 2005;Lewis, 2007;Araujo et al, 2008;Kourampas et al, 2009Kourampas et al, , 2015Mijares and Lewis, 2009;Rabett et al, 2011Rabett et al, , 2016. Whilst this list is not exhaustive, by no means would a more comprehensive catalogue be significantly weightier.…”