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The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
fieldsec1-517188: Images from a Watching Brief at St John the Baptist Church, Church Road, Bridge End, Eldersfield, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, July 2023. Copyright: Worcestershire Archaeology
fieldsec1-517188: Images from a Watching Brief at St John the Baptist Church, Church Road, Bridge End, Eldersfield, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, July 2023

Worcestershire Archaeology
universi1-505380: Images of an Archaeological Watching Brief at Glebe Cottage, Main Street, Tugby, Leicestershire, February 2022. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-505380: Images of an Archaeological Watching Brief at Glebe Cottage, Main Street, Tugby, Leicestershire, February 2022

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
yorkarch3-519040: Images and a Report from a Historic Building Recording Survey at Hollis Croft/Broad Lane, Sheffield, February-March 2023. Copyright: York Archaeology
yorkarch3-519040: Images and a Report from a Historic Building Recording Survey at Hollis Croft/Broad Lane, Sheffield, February-March 2023

York Archaeology
universi1-243303: Images from a Level 2 Historic Building Survey at The Old Barn, Merry Tom Lane, Brixworth, Northamptonshire, January 2016. Copyright: University of Leicester Archaeological Services
universi1-243303: Images from a Level 2 Historic Building Survey at The Old Barn, Merry Tom Lane, Brixworth, Northamptonshire, January 2016

University of Leicester Archaeological Services
suffolka1-320368: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Neaves Lane, Stradbroke, Suffolk, July 2018. Copyright: Suffolk Archaeology
suffolka1-320368: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Neaves Lane, Stradbroke, Suffolk, July 2018

Suffolk Archaeology
cotswold2-368360: Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Home Farm, The Green, Hadleigh, Suffolk, 2019 to 2020. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-368360: Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Home Farm, The Green, Hadleigh, Suffolk, 2019 to 2020

Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-519526: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Mulberry Logistics Park, Phase 2, Doncaster, Harworth, Nottinghamshire, July 2023. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-519526: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Mulberry Logistics Park, Phase 2, Doncaster, Harworth, Nottinghamshire, July 2023

Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-517691: Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Longfield and Yarde, and Nailsbourne Wetlands, Staplegrove, Somerset, August-September 2023. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-517691: Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Longfield and Yarde, and Nailsbourne Wetlands, Staplegrove, Somerset, August-September 2023

Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-387258: Images and GIS data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Plot 300, Suffolk Business Park, Rougham, Suffolk, June 2020. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-387258: Images and GIS data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Plot 300, Suffolk Business Park, Rougham, Suffolk, June 2020

Cotswold Archaeology
borderar1-512397: Images from Building Recording Survey of Smalley Cottage, School Lane, Aby, Alford, Lincolnshire, 2022. Copyright: Border Archaeology
borderar1-512397: Images from Building Recording Survey of Smalley Cottage, School Lane, Aby, Alford, Lincolnshire, 2022

Border 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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