Perishable artifacts such as wood, textiles and leather can be preserved in the field laboratory with a minimum of equipment. Wood, especially, needs rapid attention if successful treatment is to be accomplished. This can be done simply by improvising a holding bath container of inexpensive readily available materials and filling with water. Industrial biocide Cytox 2013 is added to the holding bath to prevent growth of algae, fungi and bacteria. Permanent conservation can be accomplished by soaking wood artifacts in a 50% aqueous solution of Carbowax 1500 polyethylene glycol. Problems with conservation of hardwoods, particularly oil impregnated objects, are discussed. Textiles can be washed using readily available soap and mounted on Plexiglas using a polyvinyl alcohol solution as preservative and mounting agent. Leather goods can be restored and preserved using Dinolene 1230-B, a commercial product from the leather industry. Problems of applying labels to waterlogged materials are discussed with good results reported from use of Hyplar Gesso, an acrylic polymer latex emulsion. Results of techniques are illustrated. G.H.G. -- AATA