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This past summer, we recovered pieces of leather from moist
(not dry, not water logged, but seasonally moist) deposits.  It
is likely the leather is approximately 150 to 250 years old.
Does any one have suggestions about how to stabilize it so
it doesn't rot -- chemical treatments etc.

Ken Ames

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This past summer, we recovered pieces of leather from moist (not dry, not
water logged, but seasonally moist) deposits.  It is likely the leather
is approximaltly 150 to 250 years old. Does any one have suggestions
about how to stabilize it so it doesn't rot -- chemical treatments etc.

For those of you who responded to my enquiry about shoring, the movable
hydraulic shoring worked well, though it is a pain to work around,
particularly in a 2 x 2m unit -- it is a much lesser problem in a long
trench.  Ken Ames