OASIS

The online system for reporting archaeological investigations and linking research outputs and archives
molanort1-344292: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Excavation at Whitworth Way, Wilstead, Bedfordshire, July-September 2018. Copyright: MOLA Northampton
molanort1-344292: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Excavation at Whitworth Way, Wilstead, Bedfordshire, July-September 2018

MOLA Northampton
archaeol5-508693: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Ducie Street, Manchester 2022. Copyright: Archaeological Research Services Ltd
archaeol5-508693: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Ducie Street, Manchester 2022

Archaeological Research Services Ltd
oxfordar1-396706: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Excavation at Middlemore Site 8e, Daventry, Northamptonshire, July 2019. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (South)
oxfordar1-396706: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Excavation at Middlemore Site 8e, Daventry, Northamptonshire, July 2019

Oxford Archaeology (South)
thearcha4-509827: Images from an Archaeological Building Survey at Middleforth Hall Farm 2022. Copyright: The Archaeology Co.
thearcha4-509827: Images from an Archaeological Building Survey at Middleforth Hall Farm 2022

The Archaeology Co.
departme1-413977: Digital Archive from an Investigation into the Early Medieval Town at Torksey, Lincolnshire 2012 - 2021. Copyright: University of York
departme1-413977: Digital Archive from an Investigation into the Early Medieval Town at Torksey, Lincolnshire 2012 - 2021

University of York
departme1-413977: Digital Archive from an Investigation into the Early Medieval Town at Torksey, Lincolnshire 2012 - 2021. Copyright: Archaeology Data Service
departme1-413977: Digital Archive from an Investigation into the Early Medieval Town at Torksey, Lincolnshire 2012 - 2021

Archaeology Data Service
departme1-421394: Digital Archive from an Investigation into the Early Medieval Town at Torksey, Lincolnshire 2012 - 2021. Copyright: Archaeology Data Service
departme1-421394: Digital Archive from an Investigation into the Early Medieval Town at Torksey, Lincolnshire 2012 - 2021

Archaeology Data Service
departme1-421394: Digital Archive from an Investigation into the Early Medieval Town at Torksey, Lincolnshire 2012 - 2021. Copyright: University of York
departme1-421394: Digital Archive from an Investigation into the Early Medieval Town at Torksey, Lincolnshire 2012 - 2021

University of York
archaeol6-241550: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Bull Lane, Long Melford, February 2016. Copyright: Archaeology South-East
archaeol6-241550: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Bull Lane, Long Melford, February 2016

Archaeology South-East
archaeol6-335070: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation East of Moreton Hall, Mount Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (Phases 3, 4 and 5), October 2018. Copyright: Archaeology South-East
archaeol6-335070: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation East of Moreton Hall, Mount Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (Phases 3, 4 and 5), October 2018

Archaeology South-East
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OASIS is an online reporting form enabling archaeological and 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 Dashboard

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 →

Recent updates Improvement: research framework questions, from the new generation of frameworks, have been loaded into the system. Links to the new home for research frameworks are also in the form, Additional guidance is being created to help users on this part of the form. Improvement: on the admin page – the drop down list … Continue reading Recent and forthcoming improvements (October 2022) →

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