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The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
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)
molanort1-288609: Digital Archive from Archaeological Observation and Recording at Marston Place, Long Marston, Tring, Hertfordshire, April 2017. Copyright: MOLA Northampton
molanort1-288609: Digital Archive from Archaeological Observation and Recording at Marston Place, Long Marston, Tring, Hertfordshire, April 2017

MOLA Northampton
colchest3-508132: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Colchester Road, Tiptree, Essex, September 2022. Copyright: Colchester Archaeological Trust
colchest3-508132: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Colchester Road, Tiptree, Essex, September 2022

Colchester Archaeological Trust
molanort1-517677: Digital Archive from a Programme of Work at Rothersthorpe Road, Kislingbury, Northamptonshire, 2018-2021. Copyright: MOLA Northampton
molanort1-517677: Digital Archive from a Programme of Work at Rothersthorpe Road, Kislingbury, Northamptonshire, 2018-2021

MOLA Northampton
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
archaeol27-525363: Images from Level 2 Historic Building Recording Works at Lyons Farm, Rowington Green, Warwickshire, April 2024. Copyright: Archaeology Warwickshire
archaeol27-525363: Images from Level 2 Historic Building Recording Works at Lyons Farm, Rowington Green, Warwickshire, April 2024

Archaeology Warwickshire
molanort1-312639: Digital Archive from a Historic Building Recording of Gasholders at the Former Colchester Gasworks, Hythe Quay, Colchester, 2015-2018. Copyright: MOLA Northampton
molanort1-312639: Digital Archive from a Historic Building Recording of Gasholders at the Former Colchester Gasworks, Hythe Quay, Colchester, 2015-2018

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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