OASIS

The online system for reporting investigations into the historic environment and linking research outputs and archives.
southwes1-203584: Data from Historic Building Recording and Archaeological Monitoring at Redhill Barn, Blackawton, Devon, 2015. Copyright: South West Archaeology Ltd
southwes1-203584: Data from Historic Building Recording and Archaeological Monitoring at Redhill Barn, Blackawton, Devon, 2015

South West Archaeology Ltd
thearcha4-519274: Images and Report Data from Archaeological Trial Trenching at South Farm, Kirkham, Lancashire, June 2022. Copyright: The Archaeology Co.
thearcha4-519274: Images and Report Data from Archaeological Trial Trenching at South Farm, Kirkham, Lancashire, June 2022

The Archaeology Co.
albionar1-424669: Data from Archaeological Monitoring at Rogers Court, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, 2021. Copyright: Albion Archaeology
albionar1-424669: Data from Archaeological Monitoring at Rogers Court, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, 2021

Albion Archaeology
stephenh1-518199: Images from a Historic Building Recording Survey at Bank Parade and Bankhouse Street, Burnley, Lancashire, August 2023. Copyright: Stephen Haigh Buildings Archaeologist
stephenh1-518199: Images from a Historic Building Recording Survey at Bank Parade and Bankhouse Street, Burnley, Lancashire, August 2023

Stephen Haigh Buildings Archaeologist
headland1-304339: Images from a Historic Building Record Survey at Lakeland Leisure Park, Flookburgh, Cumbria, November 2017. Copyright: Headland Archaeology Ltd
headland1-304339: Images from a Historic Building Record Survey at Lakeland Leisure Park, Flookburgh, Cumbria, November 2017

Headland Archaeology Ltd
maparcha1-516013: Report, Images and Site Records from a Descriptive Buildings Record (Level 2) at TATA Swinden Technology Centre, Moorgate Road, Rotherham, August 2021. Copyright: MAP Archaeological Practice Ltd
maparcha1-516013: Report, Images and Site Records from a Descriptive Buildings Record (Level 2) at TATA Swinden Technology Centre, Moorgate Road, Rotherham, August 2021

MAP Archaeological Practice Ltd
headland1-268063: Images from a Historic Building Survey at Trigpoint 49, Staithes, North Yorkshire, 2016. Copyright: Headland Archaeology Ltd
headland1-268063: Images from a Historic Building Survey at Trigpoint 49, Staithes, North Yorkshire, 2016

Headland Archaeology Ltd
acarchae2-521773: Images from a Historic Building Recording Survey of North Houghton Manor Stables, Hampshire, October 2023. Copyright: AC Archaeology Ltd
acarchae2-521773: Images from a Historic Building Recording Survey of North Houghton Manor Stables, Hampshire, October 2023

AC Archaeology Ltd
archaeol11-523183: Images from a Historic Building Recording Survey at Hounsfield Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 2024. Copyright: Archaeological Services WYAS
archaeol11-523183: Images from a Historic Building Recording Survey at Hounsfield Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 2024

Archaeological Services WYAS
thearcha4-519368: Images from a Level 2/3 Historic Building Survey at 8 Oriel Street, Liverpool, July 2023 - January 2024. Copyright: The Archaeology Co.
thearcha4-519368: Images from a Level 2/3 Historic Building Survey at 8 Oriel Street, Liverpool, July 2023 - January 2024

The Archaeology Co.
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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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