OASIS

The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
headland1-268063: Images from a Historic Building Survey at Trigpoint 49, Staithes, North Yorkshire, 2016. Copyright: Headland Archaeology Ltd
headland1-268063: Images from a Historic Building Survey at Trigpoint 49, Staithes, North Yorkshire, 2016

Headland Archaeology Ltd
cornwall2-520625: Images from a Historic Building Recording Survey at Wheal Uny Mine and Hind's Shaft Pumping and Winding Engine Houses, Trewirgie Hill, Redruth, Cornwall, 2023. Copyright: Cornwall Archaeological Unit
cornwall2-520625: Images from a Historic Building Recording Survey at Wheal Uny Mine and Hind's Shaft Pumping and Winding Engine Houses, Trewirgie Hill, Redruth, Cornwall, 2023

Cornwall Archaeological Unit
acarchae2-521773: Images from a Historic Building Recording Survey of North Houghton Manor Stables, Hampshire, October 2023. Copyright: AC Archaeology Ltd
acarchae2-521773: Images from a Historic Building Recording Survey of North Houghton Manor Stables, Hampshire, October 2023

AC Archaeology Ltd
southwes1-267148: Images from a Historic Building Survey Recording and Archaeological Monitoring and Recording Blagdon at Wharf Barn, Blagdonmoor Wharf, Holsworthy, Devon, November 2016 - January 2017. Copyright: South West Archaeology Ltd
southwes1-267148: Images from a Historic Building Survey Recording and Archaeological Monitoring and Recording Blagdon at Wharf Barn, Blagdonmoor Wharf, Holsworthy, Devon, November 2016 - January 2017

South West Archaeology Ltd
acarchae2-415748: Images from a Historic Building Recording Survey at Manor Farm Barns, Lower Zeals, Wiltshire, March 2021. Copyright: AC Archaeology Ltd
acarchae2-415748: Images from a Historic Building Recording Survey at Manor Farm Barns, Lower Zeals, Wiltshire, March 2021

AC Archaeology Ltd
thearcha4-519368: Images from a Level 2/3 Historic Building Survey at 8 Oriel Street, Liverpool, July 2023 - January 2024. Copyright: The Archaeology Co.
thearcha4-519368: Images from a Level 2/3 Historic Building Survey at 8 Oriel Street, Liverpool, July 2023 - January 2024

The Archaeology Co.
headland5-408946: Images from an Archaeological Strip, Map and Record Excavation at Raven Hill Farm, Sheep Rake Lane, Kilham, November 2020. Copyright: Headland Archaeology Ltd
headland5-408946: Images from an Archaeological Strip, Map and Record Excavation at Raven Hill Farm, Sheep Rake Lane, Kilham, November 2020

Headland Archaeology Ltd
archaeol11-523595: Images from an Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at Foxdenton R4, Oldham, Greater Manchester, 2024. Copyright: Archaeological Services WYAS
archaeol11-523595: Images from an Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at Foxdenton R4, Oldham, Greater Manchester, 2024

Archaeological Services WYAS
headland1-510881: Images from an Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at Cliff Road, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, October 2022. Copyright: Headland Archaeology Ltd
headland1-510881: Images from an Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at Cliff Road, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, October 2022

Headland Archaeology Ltd
networka2-502252: Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at Burwell NG substation, Cambridgeshire, June 2021. Copyright: Network Archaeology Ltd
networka2-502252: Images from an Archaeological Evaluation at Burwell NG substation, Cambridgeshire, June 2021

Network Archaeology Ltd
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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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