OASIS

The online system for reporting archaeological investigations and linking research outputs and archives
archaeol6-241550: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Bull Lane, Long Melford, February 2016. Copyright: Archaeology South-East
archaeol6-241550: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Bull Lane, Long Melford, February 2016

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archaeol6-308972: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation East of Aldeburgh Road, Aldringham, Suffolk, January 2018. Copyright: Archaeology South-East
archaeol6-308972: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation East of Aldeburgh Road, Aldringham, Suffolk, January 2018

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archaeol6-240283: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Phase 6C, Cedars Park, Stowmarket, December 2015. Copyright: Archaeology South-East
archaeol6-240283: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation at Phase 6C, Cedars Park, Stowmarket, December 2015

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archaeol6-335070: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation East of Moreton Hall, Mount Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (Phases 3, 4 and 5), October 2018. Copyright: Archaeology South-East
archaeol6-335070: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation East of Moreton Hall, Mount Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (Phases 3, 4 and 5), October 2018

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archaeol5-346316: Images from Archaeological Works to the East of Linacre Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire 2018. Copyright: Archaeological Research Services Ltd
archaeol5-346316: Images from Archaeological Works to the East of Linacre Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire 2018

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cotswold2-510308: Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Laynes Wood Solar Farm, Highleadon, Gloucestershire 2022. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-510308: Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Evaluation at Laynes Wood Solar Farm, Highleadon, Gloucestershire 2022

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cotswold2-510302: Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Tewkesbury Borough Council, Gloucester Road, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire 2022. Copyright: Cotswold Archaeology
cotswold2-510302: Images and GIS Data from an Archaeological Watching Brief at Tewkesbury Borough Council, Gloucester Road, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire 2022

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acarchae2-503616: Images from an Analytical Buildings Record Survey at Hallwood Farm, Petrockstowe, Devon, February 2022. Copyright: AC Archaeology Ltd
acarchae2-503616: Images from an Analytical Buildings Record Survey at Hallwood Farm, Petrockstowe, Devon, February 2022

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thearcha4-511805: Images from an Analytical Buildings Record Survey at Sutton Oak Welsh Chapel, St. Helens 2023. Copyright: The Archaeology Co.
thearcha4-511805: Images from an Analytical Buildings Record Survey at Sutton Oak Welsh Chapel, St. Helens 2023

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archaeol5-509883: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at 76 Union Street, Harthill, Harthill with Woodall, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 2022. Copyright: Archaeological Research Services Ltd
archaeol5-509883: Digital Archive from an Archaeological Watching Brief at 76 Union Street, Harthill, Harthill with Woodall, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 2022

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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.

The OASIS Dashboard

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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