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The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
molanort1-214224: Digital Archive from Archaeological Mitigation Work at Sydney Road, Crewe, Cheshire, 2015. Copyright: MOLA Northampton
molanort1-214224: Digital Archive from Archaeological Mitigation Work at Sydney Road, Crewe, Cheshire, 2015

MOLA Northampton
oxfordar1-534475: Images from a Building Survey at Folly Bridge, Arch 6 East Parapet Wall, Oxford, June - November 2024. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (South)
oxfordar1-534475: Images from a Building Survey at Folly Bridge, Arch 6 East Parapet Wall, Oxford, June - November 2024

Oxford Archaeology (South)
universi1-298848: Images from an Archaeological Evaluation between Canal Street and Cliff Road, Nottingham, February-March 2017. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-298848: Images from an Archaeological Evaluation between Canal Street and Cliff Road, Nottingham, February-March 2017

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-337434: Images from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Skills Hub/College, Canal Street, Nottingham, June-September 2018. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-337434: Images from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Skills Hub/College, Canal Street, Nottingham, June-September 2018

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
oxfordar1-525200: Images from Buildings Recording and Investigation at Nuffield College, Oxford, May - September 2023. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (South)
oxfordar1-525200: Images from Buildings Recording and Investigation at Nuffield College, Oxford, May - September 2023

Oxford Archaeology (South)
universi1-71787: Images from Archaeological Investigations at Redhill, Ratcliffe-On-Soar, Nottinghamshire, October 2007 - January 2008. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-71787: Images from Archaeological Investigations at Redhill, Ratcliffe-On-Soar, Nottinghamshire, October 2007 - January 2008

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
onsitear2-536458: Images from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Mill House, North Street, York, 2025. Copyright: On-Site Archaeology
onsitear2-536458: Images from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Mill House, North Street, York, 2025

On-Site Archaeology
acarchae2-535385: Images from a Descriptive Buildings Record (Level 2) at Golden Valley Weir, Bitton, South Gloucestershire, July 2025. Copyright: AC Archaeology and Heritage Limited
acarchae2-535385: Images from a Descriptive Buildings Record (Level 2) at Golden Valley Weir, Bitton, South Gloucestershire, July 2025

AC Archaeology and Heritage Limited
onsitear2-537105: Images from an Archaeological Evaluation and Excavation Southwest of Gowanbank, New Road, Brandesburton, East Riding of Yorkshire, March - April 2025. Copyright: On-Site Archaeology
onsitear2-537105: Images from an Archaeological Evaluation and Excavation Southwest of Gowanbank, New Road, Brandesburton, East Riding of Yorkshire, March - April 2025

On-Site Archaeology
universi1-127778: Images from an Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at Becket School, Ruddington Lane, Wilford, Nottingham, November 2011. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-127778: Images from an Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at Becket School, Ruddington Lane, Wilford, Nottingham, November 2011

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.

The OASIS form is shortly to be redeployed 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 piece of work has been sorting out author records between OASIS and the ADS Library. A more detailed … Continue reading Update on recent improvements →

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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