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The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
archaeol5-529564: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation Trenching at Network House, Saint Neots Road, Caldecote, Cambridgeshire, November 2024. Copyright: Archaeological Research Services Ltd
archaeol5-529564: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation Trenching at Network House, Saint Neots Road, Caldecote, Cambridgeshire, November 2024

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preconst1-510187: Images from a Trial Trench Evaluation at Bell Street, Upton, Wakefield, 2022. Copyright: Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
preconst1-510187: Images from a Trial Trench Evaluation at Bell Street, Upton, Wakefield, 2022

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borderar1-531061: Images from Building Recording (level 2) and Watching Brief at Home Farm, Bretford, Rugby, Warwickshire, 2021-2022. Copyright: Border Archaeology
borderar1-531061: Images from Building Recording (level 2) and Watching Brief at Home Farm, Bretford, Rugby, Warwickshire, 2021-2022

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acarchae2-534146: Images from Building Recording at Penhale Camp, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, 2012-2013. Copyright: AC Archaeology and Heritage Limited
acarchae2-534146: Images from Building Recording at Penhale Camp, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, 2012-2013

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borderar1-522647: Images from a Level 3 Building Recording at Horncliffe Mansion, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, February- April 2024. Copyright: Border Archaeology
borderar1-522647: Images from a Level 3 Building Recording at Horncliffe Mansion, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, February- April 2024

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archaeol6-395692: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Bois Hall, Dudbrook Road, Navestock, Essex, June 2020. Copyright: Archaeology South-East
archaeol6-395692: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Bois Hall, Dudbrook Road, Navestock, Essex, June 2020

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preconst1-515094: Images from a Trial Trench Evaluation at Barmoor Castle Country Park, Northumberland, 2023. Copyright: Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
preconst1-515094: Images from a Trial Trench Evaluation at Barmoor Castle Country Park, Northumberland, 2023

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oxfordar3-398537: Digital Archive from an Evaluation at Plot 2, Pond Farm, High Street, Witcham, Cambridgeshire, July 2020. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
oxfordar3-398537: Digital Archive from an Evaluation at Plot 2, Pond Farm, High Street, Witcham, Cambridgeshire, July 2020

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universi1-13302: Images from a Watching Brief at a Former Service Station, Main Street, East Leake, Nottinghamshire, March 2006. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-13302: Images from a Watching Brief at a Former Service Station, Main Street, East Leake, Nottinghamshire, March 2006

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oxfordar3-193437: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Newgate Street, Doddington, Cambridgeshire, October 2014. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
oxfordar3-193437: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Newgate Street, Doddington, Cambridgeshire, October 2014

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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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