Laboratory research at the Getty Conservation Institute and the Queensland Museum has shown the potential of a number of techniques and materials for the preservation of archaeological and historic adobe. These are polyisocyanates and silanes as chemical preservatives, permeable aerotextiles for site shelters, geotextiles for drainage and the use of composite synthetic fibre geobars as structural reinforcing elements. The next phase in the strategy of the program is the field testing of the laboratory results in conjunction with the existing trials being conducted by the New Mexico State Monuments on test walls at Fort Seldon. The experiments are due to start at the beginning of 1988 on 30 test walls. Research design for field testing is presented. Results will be applied to a real site for further evaluation prior to eventual dissemination of the findings in the GCI technical report series Research in Conservation.