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The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
archaeol5-523599: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Anderton Boat Lift, Northwich, March 2024. Copyright: Archaeological Research Services Ltd
archaeol5-523599: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Anderton Boat Lift, Northwich, March 2024

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universi1-515072: Images and a Vector Graphic from an Archaeological Watching Brief at 28 Main Street, Fleckney, Leicestershire, April 2023. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-515072: Images and a Vector Graphic from an Archaeological Watching Brief at 28 Main Street, Fleckney, Leicestershire, April 2023

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
albionar1-421265: Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at Shires End, Clements End Road, Studham, Dunstable, October 2021. Copyright: Albion Archaeology
albionar1-421265: Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at Shires End, Clements End Road, Studham, Dunstable, October 2021

Albion Archaeology
cotswold2-518784: Digital Archive from an Analytical Buildings Record, Level 4, at Church Cottage, Manor Road, Studland, Dorset, October 2022. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-518784: Digital Archive from an Analytical Buildings Record, Level 4, at Church Cottage, Manor Road, Studland, Dorset, October 2022

Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-524099: Data from an Analytical Buildings Record (Level 3) at Printer's Devil Pub, Broad Plain, Bristol, December 2023. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-524099: Data from an Analytical Buildings Record (Level 3) at Printer's Devil Pub, Broad Plain, Bristol, December 2023

Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-507802: Digital Archive from an Excavation and Evaluation at St George's Road, Semington, Wiltshire, 2021-2022. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-507802: Digital Archive from an Excavation and Evaluation at St George's Road, Semington, Wiltshire, 2021-2022

Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-522731: Digital Archive from an Excavation and Evaluation at St George's Road, Semington, Wiltshire, 2021-2022. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-522731: Digital Archive from an Excavation and Evaluation at St George's Road, Semington, Wiltshire, 2021-2022

Cotswold Archaeology
archaeol5-381165: Digital Archive from Watching Briefs at Old Quarrington Quarry, County Durham, 2019 to 2023. Copyright: Archaeological Research Services Ltd
archaeol5-381165: Digital Archive from Watching Briefs at Old Quarrington Quarry, County Durham, 2019 to 2023

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archaeol5-400715: Digital Archive from Watching Briefs at Old Quarrington Quarry, County Durham, 2019 to 2023. Copyright: Archaeological Research Services Ltd
archaeol5-400715: Digital Archive from Watching Briefs at Old Quarrington Quarry, County Durham, 2019 to 2023

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cotswold2-414765: Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Evaluation, Phase 2, at Barbrook Lane, Tiptree, Essex, January 2021. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-414765: Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Evaluation, Phase 2, at Barbrook Lane, Tiptree, Essex, January 2021

Cotswold Archaeology
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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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