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The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
essexcou1-111311: Site data from Archaeological Monitoring and Recording at RSPB Bowers Marsh - Tidal Exchange Structure, Basildon, Essex, September 2011. Copyright: Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit
essexcou1-111311: Site data from Archaeological Monitoring and Recording at RSPB Bowers Marsh - Tidal Exchange Structure, Basildon, Essex, September 2011

Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit
allenarc1-429336: Data from Archaeological Works at Triton Knoll Electrical System, Lincolnshire, 2018-2020. Copyright: Allen Archaeology
allenarc1-429336: Data from Archaeological Works at Triton Knoll Electrical System, Lincolnshire, 2018-2020

Allen Archaeology
allenarc1-429336: Data from Archaeological Works at Triton Knoll Electrical System, Lincolnshire, 2018-2020. Copyright: Headland Archaeology Ltd
allenarc1-429336: Data from Archaeological Works at Triton Knoll Electrical System, Lincolnshire, 2018-2020

Headland Archaeology Ltd
preconst1-507663: Images from an Watching Brief at 30 Eardulph Avenue, Chester-le-Street, Durham, June 2022. Copyright: Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
preconst1-507663: Images from an Watching Brief at 30 Eardulph Avenue, Chester-le-Street, Durham, June 2022

Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
universi1-426900: Site Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at Desborough Grange, Desborough, Northamptonshire, June to July 2021. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-426900: Site Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at Desborough Grange, Desborough, Northamptonshire, June to July 2021

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
southwes4-509874: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Excavation and Recording at Taunton Castle, Taunton, Somerset, November to December 2020. Copyright: South West Heritage Trust
southwes4-509874: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Excavation and Recording at Taunton Castle, Taunton, Somerset, November to December 2020

South West Heritage Trust
wessexar1-513597: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Rustington Golf Course, Angmering, West Sussex, January 2023. Copyright: Wessex Archaeology
wessexar1-513597: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Rustington Golf Course, Angmering, West Sussex, January 2023

Wessex Archaeology
universi1-247328: Site Images from an Archaeological Field Evaluation at Eckland Lodge Farm, Desborough Road, Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, March 2016. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-247328: Site Images from an Archaeological Field Evaluation at Eckland Lodge Farm, Desborough Road, Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, March 2016

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-254886: Site Images from a Programme of Archaeological Observation, Investigation and Recording at Church Close, Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, November 2015 to February 2016. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-254886: Site Images from a Programme of Archaeological Observation, Investigation and Recording at Church Close, Braybrooke, Northamptonshire, November 2015 to February 2016

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-258160: Site Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at Harcourt Way, Northampton, Northamptonshire, June 2015. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-258160: Site Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at Harcourt Way, Northampton, Northamptonshire, June 2015

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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