OASIS

The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
heritage1-413006: Images from an Archaeological Monitoring at St Owen's Church, Bromham, Bedfordshire, 2016-2020. Copyright: The Heritage Network
heritage1-413006: Images from an Archaeological Monitoring at St Owen's Church, Bromham, Bedfordshire, 2016-2020

The Heritage Network
johnmoor1-502527: Data from a Series of Archaeological Works at Berryfields, Bicester Road, Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire, 2018-2021. Copyright: John Moore Heritage Services
johnmoor1-502527: Data from a Series of Archaeological Works at Berryfields, Bicester Road, Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire, 2018-2021

John Moore Heritage Services
allenarc1-505792: Digital Archive of an Archaeological Evaluation at Land to the Rear of 76 High Street, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire, March 2022. Copyright: Allen Archaeology
allenarc1-505792: Digital Archive of an Archaeological Evaluation at Land to the Rear of 76 High Street, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire, March 2022

Allen Archaeology
allenarc1-507530: Digital Archive of an Archaeological Evaluation at Olympic Tyres, Batteries and Exhausts, 5 Market, Street, Soham, Cambridgeshire, April 2022. Copyright: Allen Archaeology
allenarc1-507530: Digital Archive of an Archaeological Evaluation at Olympic Tyres, Batteries and Exhausts, 5 Market, Street, Soham, Cambridgeshire, April 2022

Allen Archaeology
allenarc1-506130: Data from an Archaeological Evaluation by Trial Trenching at Land off Barton Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, March 2022. Copyright: Allen Archaeology
allenarc1-506130: Data from an Archaeological Evaluation by Trial Trenching at Land off Barton Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, March 2022

Allen Archaeology
cotswold2-519687: Images and GIS from an Archaeological Excavation at Offenham Road, Evesham, Worcestershire, September 2022. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-519687: Images and GIS from an Archaeological Excavation at Offenham Road, Evesham, Worcestershire, September 2022

Cotswold Archaeology
johnmoor1-364001: Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at South of Rose Farm, Longwick, Buckinghamshire, July-August 2019. Copyright: John Moore Heritage Services
johnmoor1-364001: Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at South of Rose Farm, Longwick, Buckinghamshire, July-August 2019

John Moore Heritage Services
archaeol6-219186: Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Wycke Farm, Spital Road, Maldon Essex, July 2015. Copyright: Archaeology South-East
archaeol6-219186: Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Wycke Farm, Spital Road, Maldon Essex, July 2015

Archaeology South-East
allenarc1-507974: Data from an Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at The Lighthouse Church, 13 Lynn Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, May 2022. Copyright: Allen Archaeology
allenarc1-507974: Data from an Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at The Lighthouse Church, 13 Lynn Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, May 2022

Allen Archaeology
groundwo2-519153: Vector and Image Data from a Level 2 Descriptive Buildings Record Survey at Congregational Chapel, Chapel Lane, Ashley, Staffordshire, September 2023. Copyright: Groundworks Archaeology
groundwo2-519153: Vector and Image Data from a Level 2 Descriptive Buildings Record Survey at Congregational Chapel, Chapel Lane, Ashley, Staffordshire, September 2023

Groundworks Archaeology
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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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