OASIS

The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
oxfordar1-516375: Digital Archive from an Excavation at Ruddle Court Farm, Newnham, Gloucestershire, July 2019. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (South)
oxfordar1-516375: Digital Archive from an Excavation at Ruddle Court Farm, Newnham, Gloucestershire, July 2019

Oxford Archaeology (South)
sumogeop1-505861: Data from a Magnetometry Survey at Norton Fitzwarren Hillfort, Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset, March 2022. Copyright: SUMO Geosurveys
sumogeop1-505861: Data from a Magnetometry Survey at Norton Fitzwarren Hillfort, Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset, March 2022

SUMO Geosurveys
sumogeop1-507318: Data from a Magnetometry Survey to the East of Rudgeway Lane, Wheatpieces, Tewkesbury, May 2022. Copyright: SUMO Geosurveys
sumogeop1-507318: Data from a Magnetometry Survey to the East of Rudgeway Lane, Wheatpieces, Tewkesbury, May 2022

SUMO Geosurveys
colchest3-517604: Images, Site Plans and Records from an Archaeological Evaluation at Wadhurst, New Road, Little Burstead, Billericay, Essex, July-September 2023. Copyright: Colchester Archaeological Trust
colchest3-517604: Images, Site Plans and Records from an Archaeological Evaluation at Wadhurst, New Road, Little Burstead, Billericay, Essex, July-September 2023

Colchester Archaeological Trust
oxfordar1-515904: Images from a Watching Brief and Heritage Assessment at Aldsworth Manor, Aldsworth, Gloucestershire, 2021-2022. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (South)
oxfordar1-515904: Images from a Watching Brief and Heritage Assessment at Aldsworth Manor, Aldsworth, Gloucestershire, 2021-2022

Oxford Archaeology (South)
iscaarch2-512612: Images and Site Records from a Watching Brief at The Valiant Soldier, 79 Fore Street, Buckfastleigh, Devon, April 2023. Copyright: ISCA Archaeology
iscaarch2-512612: Images and Site Records from a Watching Brief at The Valiant Soldier, 79 Fore Street, Buckfastleigh, Devon, April 2023

ISCA Archaeology
hs2costa1-423064: Data from a Trial Trenching at Northern Sustainable Placement Area Phase 3, Hillingdon, 2019 (HS2 Phase One). Copyright: High Speed Two Ltd.
hs2costa1-423064: Data from a Trial Trenching at Northern Sustainable Placement Area Phase 3, Hillingdon, 2019 (HS2 Phase One)

High Speed Two Ltd.
oxfordar1-515814: Digital Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Doverdale Solar Farm, Droitwich, Worcestershire 2022. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (South)
oxfordar1-515814: Digital Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Doverdale Solar Farm, Droitwich, Worcestershire 2022

Oxford Archaeology (South)
iscaarch2-505202: Images, GIS Data and Site Records from an Archeological Watching Brief at Poughill Road, Poughill, Bude, Cornwall, 2021-2022. Copyright: ISCA Archaeology
iscaarch2-505202: Images, GIS Data and Site Records from an Archeological Watching Brief at Poughill Road, Poughill, Bude, Cornwall, 2021-2022

ISCA Archaeology
headland5-350476: Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Sally Farm, Thornton Bridge, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, July 2020.. Copyright: Headland Archaeology Ltd
headland5-350476: Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Sally Farm, Thornton Bridge, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, July 2020.

Headland 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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