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The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
cotswold2-523409: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Excavation at Cribbs Causeway, Almondsbury, South Gloucestershire, 2019 - 2021. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-523409: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Excavation at Cribbs Causeway, Almondsbury, South Gloucestershire, 2019 - 2021

Cotswold Archaeology
oxfordar1-535549: Digital Archive from a Trial Trench Evaluation of Phase 1 at Culham, South Oxfordshire, August - October 2022. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (South)
oxfordar1-535549: Digital Archive from a Trial Trench Evaluation of Phase 1 at Culham, South Oxfordshire, August - October 2022

Oxford Archaeology (South)
sumogeop1-534766: Digital Archive from a Geophysical Survey at Ickleford Manor, Ickleford, Hertfordshire, June 2025. Copyright: SUMO Geophysics
sumogeop1-534766: Digital Archive from a Geophysical Survey at Ickleford Manor, Ickleford, Hertfordshire, June 2025

SUMO Geophysics
sumogeop1-534571: Digital Archive from a Geophysical Survey at Volis Farm, Taunton, Somerset, June 2025. Copyright: SUMO Geophysics
sumogeop1-534571: Digital Archive from a Geophysical Survey at Volis Farm, Taunton, Somerset, June 2025

SUMO Geophysics
preconst1-518332: Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at Delaval Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, August 2023. Copyright: Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
preconst1-518332: Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at Delaval Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, August 2023

Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
cotswold2-540254: Images from Descriptive Building Recording (Level 2) at West End Farm, Wrentham, Suffolk, December 2025. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-540254: Images from Descriptive Building Recording (Level 2) at West End Farm, Wrentham, Suffolk, December 2025

Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-533909: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Chadwell Farm, Newton Leys, Milton Keynes, September - October 2024. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-533909: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Chadwell Farm, Newton Leys, Milton Keynes, September - October 2024

Cotswold Archaeology
groundwo2-535790: Images from a Detailed Building Survey (Level 3) at 4 Roman Way, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, June - July 2025. Copyright: Groundworks Archaeology
groundwo2-535790: Images from a Detailed Building Survey (Level 3) at 4 Roman Way, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, June - July 2025

Groundworks Archaeology
preconst1-513589: Images from a Watching Brief at Tesco Newcastle West Express, Esso Service Station, Tyne and Wear, February 2023. Copyright: Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
preconst1-513589: Images from a Watching Brief at Tesco Newcastle West Express, Esso Service Station, Tyne and Wear, February 2023

Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
preconst1-514385: Images from a Watching Brief at Stockton Town Centre Waterfront Redevelopment, Stockton-on-Tees, October - December 2022. Copyright: Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
preconst1-514385: Images from a Watching Brief at Stockton Town Centre Waterfront Redevelopment, Stockton-on-Tees, October - December 2022

Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
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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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