OASIS

The online system for reporting archaeological investigations and linking research outputs and archives
oxfordar3-408315: Images and Site Records from an Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at Lot 1, Avenue Farm, Padgetts Lane, Fenton, Cambridgeshire, 2020. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (Cambridge)
oxfordar3-408315: Images and Site Records from an Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation at Lot 1, Avenue Farm, Padgetts Lane, Fenton, Cambridgeshire, 2020

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archaeol20-514926: Data from a Magnetometer Survey at Culham Battery Storage Site (Phase 2), Culham, Oxfordshire, 2023. Copyright: Archaeological Surveys Ltd
archaeol20-514926: Data from a Magnetometer Survey at Culham Battery Storage Site (Phase 2), Culham, Oxfordshire, 2023

Archaeological Surveys Ltd
archaeol20-515239: Data from a Magnetometer Survey at South Street, Castle Cary, Somerset, 2022.. Copyright: Archaeological Surveys Ltd
archaeol20-515239: Data from a Magnetometer Survey at South Street, Castle Cary, Somerset, 2022.

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archaeol20-515128: Data from a Magnetometer & Earth Resistance Survey at Court House Farm, Toot Baldon, Oxfordshire, 2023.. Copyright: Archaeological Surveys Ltd
archaeol20-515128: Data from a Magnetometer & Earth Resistance Survey at Court House Farm, Toot Baldon, Oxfordshire, 2023.

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allenarc1-509245: Digital Archive from a Geophysical Survey, Topographical Survey and Evaluation at Buxton Drive, Desborough, Northamptonshire 2022. Copyright: Allen Archaeology
allenarc1-509245: Digital Archive from a Geophysical Survey, Topographical Survey and Evaluation at Buxton Drive, Desborough, Northamptonshire 2022

Allen Archaeology
archaeol20-515178: Data from a Magnetometer Survey at Parcels H7 & H8, Millfields, Cam, Gloucestershire, 2022.. Copyright: Archaeological Surveys Ltd
archaeol20-515178: Data from a Magnetometer Survey at Parcels H7 & H8, Millfields, Cam, Gloucestershire, 2022.

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southwes1-210266: Images and Site Records from Archaeological Monitoring and Recording at Lower Litchardon Farm, Newton Tracey, Devon, 2015. Copyright: South West Archaeology Ltd
southwes1-210266: Images and Site Records from Archaeological Monitoring and Recording at Lower Litchardon Farm, Newton Tracey, Devon, 2015

South West Archaeology Ltd
cotswold2-512453: Images and GIS from an Archaeological Evaluation at Unit 2, St Johns Business Park, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire 2022. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-512453: Images and GIS from an Archaeological Evaluation at Unit 2, St Johns Business Park, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire 2022

Cotswold Archaeology
oxfordar1-390039: Data from a Watching Brief at Mapledurham Fish Pass, West Berkshire 2021. Copyright: Oxford Archaeology (South)
oxfordar1-390039: Data from a Watching Brief at Mapledurham Fish Pass, West Berkshire 2021

Oxford Archaeology (South)
cotswold2-410829: Images and GIS from an Archaeological Evaluation at 76 Low Road, Burwell, Cambridgeshire 2021. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-410829: Images and GIS from an Archaeological Evaluation at 76 Low Road, Burwell, Cambridgeshire 2021

Cotswold 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.

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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