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The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
oxfordar3-248628: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Bidwells Stores, Green Barn, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, April 2016. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
oxfordar3-248628: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Bidwells Stores, Green Barn, Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, April 2016

Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
aocarcha1-531736: Digital Archive from an Architectural Appraisal at Mount St Mary's Church, Richmond Hill, Leeds, February - March 2007. Copyright: AOC Archaeology Group
aocarcha1-531736: Digital Archive from an Architectural Appraisal at Mount St Mary's Church, Richmond Hill, Leeds, February - March 2007

AOC Archaeology Group
oxfordar3-323623: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at St Felix Lodge, Soham, Cambridgeshire, July 2018. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
oxfordar3-323623: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at St Felix Lodge, Soham, Cambridgeshire, July 2018

Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
headland1-521841: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Bury Street, Guildford, Surrey, September to October 2023. Copyright: Headland Archaeology Ltd
headland1-521841: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Bury Street, Guildford, Surrey, September to October 2023

Headland Archaeology Ltd
colchest3-518001: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Parking Court 7, Wickham Hall, Hadham Road, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, November 2023. Copyright: Colchester Archaeological Trust
colchest3-518001: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Parking Court 7, Wickham Hall, Hadham Road, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, November 2023

Colchester Archaeological Trust
onsitear2-532510: Images from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Fenton House, Precentors Court, York, April - September 2024. Copyright: On-Site Archaeology
onsitear2-532510: Images from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Fenton House, Precentors Court, York, April - September 2024

On-Site Archaeology
oxfordar3-357332: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at 72 West Street, Isleham, Cambridgeshire, May 2019. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
oxfordar3-357332: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at 72 West Street, Isleham, Cambridgeshire, May 2019

Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
fieldsec1-415049: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Orchard House, Kinnersley, Severn Stoke, Worcestershire, January 2021. Copyright: Worcestershire Archaeology
fieldsec1-415049: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Orchard House, Kinnersley, Severn Stoke, Worcestershire, January 2021

Worcestershire Archaeology
colchest3-433744: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Strip, Map and Record Excavation at Dawes Lane, West Mersea, Essex, November - December 2021. Copyright: Colchester Archaeological Trust
colchest3-433744: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Strip, Map and Record Excavation at Dawes Lane, West Mersea, Essex, November - December 2021

Colchester Archaeological Trust
molanort1-507576: Digital Archive from a Programme of Works at Samuel Pepys Public House, Slipton, Northamptonshire, 2022-2024. Copyright: MOLA Northampton
molanort1-507576: Digital Archive from a Programme of Works at Samuel Pepys Public House, Slipton, Northamptonshire, 2022-2024

MOLA Northampton
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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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