OASIS

The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
hs2copa1-502470: Data from Archaeological Recording of an Excavation at Calvert Depot, Calvert Cutting, Buckinghamshire, 2018 (HS2 Phase One). Copyright: High Speed Two Ltd.
hs2copa1-502470: Data from Archaeological Recording of an Excavation at Calvert Depot, Calvert Cutting, Buckinghamshire, 2018 (HS2 Phase One)

High Speed Two Ltd.
hs2copa1-502278: Data from an Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation North of Moat Farm, Chetwode, Buckinghamshire, 2018 (HS2 Phase One). Copyright: High Speed Two Ltd.
hs2copa1-502278: Data from an Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation North of Moat Farm, Chetwode, Buckinghamshire, 2018 (HS2 Phase One)

High Speed Two Ltd.
acarchae2-406397: Site Data from Multiple Trench Evaluations and an Excavation at Sawmills, Dartington, Devon, October 2020-June 2022. Copyright: AC Archaeology Ltd
acarchae2-406397: Site Data from Multiple Trench Evaluations and an Excavation at Sawmills, Dartington, Devon, October 2020-June 2022

AC Archaeology Ltd
southwes1-381590: Images from a Historic Building Recording Survey at Thorncliffe Works, Bishops Tawton, North Devon, Devon, March-May 2020. Copyright: South West Archaeology Ltd
southwes1-381590: Images from a Historic Building Recording Survey at Thorncliffe Works, Bishops Tawton, North Devon, Devon, March-May 2020

South West Archaeology Ltd
ecusltd1-516912: Site Data from Archaeological Evaluation and Metal Detector Survey at Woodland Planting Belt at Lion Road, Palgrave, Suffolk, September 2023. Copyright: ECUS Ltd
ecusltd1-516912: Site Data from Archaeological Evaluation and Metal Detector Survey at Woodland Planting Belt at Lion Road, Palgrave, Suffolk, September 2023

ECUS Ltd
allenarc1-503921: Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Evaluation and Desk Based Assessment at Cutmill Bridge, Eardiston, Worcestershire, January 2022. Copyright: Allen Archaeology
allenarc1-503921: Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Evaluation and Desk Based Assessment at Cutmill Bridge, Eardiston, Worcestershire, January 2022

Allen Archaeology
ecusltd1-524469: Digital Archive from Archaeological Works at Bus Link Road, Nansledan, Newquay, Cornwall, March 2024. Copyright: ECUS Ltd
ecusltd1-524469: Digital Archive from Archaeological Works at Bus Link Road, Nansledan, Newquay, Cornwall, March 2024

ECUS Ltd
oxfordar1-527604: Images from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Castle Mill Stream Wall, St Peter's College, Oxford, July-October 2023. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (South)
oxfordar1-527604: Images from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Castle Mill Stream Wall, St Peter's College, Oxford, July-October 2023

Oxford Archaeology (South)
yorkarch3-527254: Images and Report from a Level 1 Basic Building Survey at Ferryhill Station Primary School, Ferryhill, County Durham, April 2024. Copyright: York Archaeology
yorkarch3-527254: Images and Report from a Level 1 Basic Building Survey at Ferryhill Station Primary School, Ferryhill, County Durham, April 2024

York Archaeology
universi1-505463: Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at Brascote Lane, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire, February to March 2022. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-505463: Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at Brascote Lane, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire, February to March 2022

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
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OASIS is an online reporting form enabling heritage practitioners to provide information about their investigations to regional Historic Environment Records (HERs) and respective national heritage organisations.

As well as being an information-gathering tool, researchers may share reports with HERs for public release in the Archaeology Data Service (ADS) Library.

The ADS, in addition to making the reports available online for access to the wider public, undertakes the curation and archiving of the digital files, ensuring long-term preservation.

Publius Horatius by Hendrick Goltzius (Stecher_in) – 1586 – Albertina, Austria – Public Domain.https://www.europeana.eu/item/15508/DG74442 The OASIS form is shortly to be redeployed (by the end of September 2023) with a number of improvements requested by users. These are primarily based on the Search, Results, and Summary pages. A full list is below: A more open-ended … Continue reading Update: September 2023 →

Over the last two years we’ve been developing a separate application known as the OASIS Dashboard. The Dashboard is a ‘sandbox’ application that focusses on presenting the user with more views and ways of interacting with OASIS data. Funding for the Dashboard was via a grant from the University of York ESRC Impact Acceleration Account, … Continue reading The OASIS Dashboard →

Over the period December 2022 to January 2023 all Scottish OASIS records were copied into the new OASIS database. From this point forward OASIS V should be used for creating new records and editing existing records. This process took much longer than originally anticipated due to some improvements that were required on the mapping of … Continue reading OASIS V now live in Scotland →

One of the many requirements for the new OASIS system was the ability to link together individual projects that belong to the same scheme of works or research project. This could be defined as: However, the definition of a project is always tricky! OASIS itself sets no definitions on what a ‘project’ is, as this … Continue reading Guidance for linking large-scale projects or phases of work →

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