OASIS

The online system for reporting archaeological investigations and linking research outputs and archives
wessexar1-514487: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Manor Farm Cable Installation, Avebury, March 2023. Copyright: Wessex Archaeology
wessexar1-514487: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Manor Farm Cable Installation, Avebury, March 2023

Wessex Archaeology
wessexar1-508691: Digital Archive from Archaeological Trial Trenching at Courtfield House, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, August 2022. Copyright: Wessex Archaeology
wessexar1-508691: Digital Archive from Archaeological Trial Trenching at Courtfield House, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, August 2022

Wessex Archaeology
cotswold2-514822: Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Metal Detector Survey and Archaeological Observation at Chipping Warden, Anglian Water, Water Main, Northamptonshire, May-August 2022. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-514822: Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Metal Detector Survey and Archaeological Observation at Chipping Warden, Anglian Water, Water Main, Northamptonshire, May-August 2022

Cotswold Archaeology
groundwo2-514629: Images from an Evaluation South of Granary Close, Bottesford, April-May 2020. Copyright: Groundworks Archaeology
groundwo2-514629: Images from an Evaluation South of Granary Close, Bottesford, April-May 2020

Groundworks Archaeology
cotswold2-514840: Images and GIS from an Archaeological Evaluation at Welford Road, Wigston, Leicestershire, August 2022. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-514840: Images and GIS from an Archaeological Evaluation at Welford Road, Wigston, Leicestershire, August 2022

Cotswold Archaeology
groundwo2-507469: Images from an Evaluation at Highfields Farm, Saltby Rd, Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire, December 2016. Copyright: Groundworks Archaeology
groundwo2-507469: Images from an Evaluation at Highfields Farm, Saltby Rd, Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire, December 2016

Groundworks Archaeology
acarchae2-508525: Images from an Historic Building Recording at Stables at Applehayes, Clayhidon, Mid Devon, November 2022. Copyright: AC Archaeology Ltd
acarchae2-508525: Images from an Historic Building Recording at Stables at Applehayes, Clayhidon, Mid Devon, November 2022

AC Archaeology Ltd
cotswold2-515913: Images from a Building Survey at The Laws, High Street, Turvey, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, July 2022. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-515913: Images from a Building Survey at The Laws, High Street, Turvey, Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, July 2022

Cotswold Archaeology
archaeol3-514059: Images from a Descriptive Building Recording at Prospect Hill Farm, Corbridge, Northumberland, March 2023. Copyright: Archaeological Services Durham University
archaeol3-514059: Images from a Descriptive Building Recording at Prospect Hill Farm, Corbridge, Northumberland, March 2023

Archaeological Services Durham University
molanort1-510169: Digital Archive from a Geophysical Survey at Wherwell Solar Farm, Wherwell, Hampshire 2022. Copyright: Museum of London Archaeology
molanort1-510169: Digital Archive from a Geophysical Survey at Wherwell Solar Farm, Wherwell, Hampshire 2022

Museum of London Archaeology
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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.

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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