OASIS

The online system for reporting archaeological investigations and linking research outputs and archives
wessexar1-200100: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Former Sixt Car Hire, Derby 2015. Copyright: Wessex Archaeology
wessexar1-200100: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Former Sixt Car Hire, Derby 2015

Wessex Archaeology
hs2costa1-423041: Data from a Trial Trenching at Northern Sustainable Placement Area Phase 1, Hillingdon, 2019 (HS2 Phase One). Copyright: High Speed Two Ltd.
hs2costa1-423041: Data from a Trial Trenching at Northern Sustainable Placement Area Phase 1, Hillingdon, 2019 (HS2 Phase One)

High Speed Two Ltd.
hs2costa1-423056: Data from a Trial Trenching at Northern Sustainable Placement Area Phase 2, Hillingdon, 2019 (HS2 Phase One). Copyright: High Speed Two Ltd.
hs2costa1-423056: Data from a Trial Trenching at Northern Sustainable Placement Area Phase 2, Hillingdon, 2019 (HS2 Phase One)

High Speed Two Ltd.
cornwall2-513606: Images from a Watching Brief at Langarth, Truro, September 2022 to January 2023. Copyright: Cornwall Archaeological Unit
cornwall2-513606: Images from a Watching Brief at Langarth, Truro, September 2022 to January 2023

Cornwall Archaeological Unit
archaeol30-369071: Images from Historic Building Survey Work at Cloughs Cross Farm, Parson Drove, Wisbech, September 2019. Copyright: Archaeological Building Recording Services
archaeol30-369071: Images from Historic Building Survey Work at Cloughs Cross Farm, Parson Drove, Wisbech, September 2019

Archaeological Building Recording Services
souterra1-388472: Images from Historic Building Recording Work at Mercer's Farm, 9 High Street, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, November 2019 to February 2020. Copyright: Souterrain Archaeological Services Ltd
souterra1-388472: Images from Historic Building Recording Work at Mercer's Farm, 9 High Street, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, November 2019 to February 2020

Souterrain Archaeological Services Ltd
southwes1-231924: Digital Archive from Geophysical Survey and Archaeological Evaluation Work at Burrough House, Northam, Devon, 2015 to 2016. Copyright: South West Archaeology Ltd
southwes1-231924: Digital Archive from Geophysical Survey and Archaeological Evaluation Work at Burrough House, Northam, Devon, 2015 to 2016

South West Archaeology Ltd
hs2costa1-423073: Data from a Trial Trenching at Copthall North Fields CNC and CND, Hillingdon, 2019 (HS2 Phase One). Copyright: High Speed Two Ltd.
hs2costa1-423073: Data from a Trial Trenching at Copthall North Fields CNC and CND, Hillingdon, 2019 (HS2 Phase One)

High Speed Two Ltd.
cotswold2-507027: Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Bramford Battery, Bullen Lane, Bramford, Suffolk, July 2022. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-507027: Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Bramford Battery, Bullen Lane, Bramford, Suffolk, July 2022

Cotswold Archaeology
hs2costa1-423104: Data from a Test Pitting at Copthall North Fields CNA and CNG, Hillingdon, 2019 (HS2 Phase One). Copyright: High Speed Two Ltd.
hs2costa1-423104: Data from a Test Pitting at Copthall North Fields CNA and CNG, Hillingdon, 2019 (HS2 Phase One)

High Speed Two Ltd.
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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.

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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