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The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
deearcha1-526098: Digital Archive from an Evaluation at Blainscough Hall, Coppull, Lancashire, May-June 2024. Copyright: Dee Archaeological Services
deearcha1-526098: Digital Archive from an Evaluation at Blainscough Hall, Coppull, Lancashire, May-June 2024

Dee Archaeological Services
universi1-394713: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Rusticus Care Home, Owthorpe Road, Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, May 2020. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-394713: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Rusticus Care Home, Owthorpe Road, Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, May 2020

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
oxfordar1-539681: Digital Archive from an Analytical Buildings Record (level 3) of 18 Gravelly Hill North, Erdington, Birmingham, May 2024. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (South)
oxfordar1-539681: Digital Archive from an Analytical Buildings Record (level 3) of 18 Gravelly Hill North, Erdington, Birmingham, May 2024

Oxford Archaeology (South)
stephenh1-544253: Images from a Descriptive Historic Building Record (Level 2) at Balls Farm, Marsh Road, North Meols, Lancashire, July 2026. Copyright: Stephen Haigh Buildings Archaeologist
stephenh1-544253: Images from a Descriptive Historic Building Record (Level 2) at Balls Farm, Marsh Road, North Meols, Lancashire, July 2026

Stephen Haigh Buildings Archaeologist
preconst1-523594: Images from a Trial Trench Evaluation at Charter Lane, Charnock Richard, Lancashire, March 2024. Copyright: Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
preconst1-523594: Images from a Trial Trench Evaluation at Charter Lane, Charnock Richard, Lancashire, March 2024

Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd Durham
universi1-242307: Digital Archive from a Strip, Map and Sample Evaluation at Tollerton Airfield, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire, June 2015. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-242307: Digital Archive from a Strip, Map and Sample Evaluation at Tollerton Airfield, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire, June 2015

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
sumogeop1-535099: Digital Archive from a Magnetometry Survey at Cowards Lane, Codicote, Hertfordshire, June 2025. Copyright: SUMO Geophysics
sumogeop1-535099: Digital Archive from a Magnetometry Survey at Cowards Lane, Codicote, Hertfordshire, June 2025

SUMO Geophysics
universi1-318619: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at 35 Deenethorpe, Northamptonshire, May 2018. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-318619: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at 35 Deenethorpe, Northamptonshire, May 2018

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
oxfordar1-537080: Digital Archive from Archaeological Works at Barton-in-Fabis, Nottingham, 2015 - 2023. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (South)
oxfordar1-537080: Digital Archive from Archaeological Works at Barton-in-Fabis, Nottingham, 2015 - 2023

Oxford Archaeology (South)
archaeol6-218863: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at The Chalet, Dunmow Road, Takeley, Essex, May 2015. Copyright: Archaeology South-East
archaeol6-218863: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at The Chalet, Dunmow Road, Takeley, Essex, May 2015

Archaeology South-East
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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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