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Este artigo consiste numa argumentação acerca da importância da Geoarqueologia enquanto componente básico de qualquer pesquisa arqueológica. A abordagem geoarqueológica nasce da interface entre a Arqueologia e as Ciências da Terra, mais especificamente da aplicação de conceitos, métodos e técnicas da segunda sobre a primeira, colocando em evidência as características espaciais que compõem o registro arqueológico. As implicações das Geociências em métodos e técnicas arqueológicas se verificam historicamente, desde os primórdios da Arqueologia enquanto disciplina científica, e essa interface se justifica pela própria natureza espacial do registro arqueológico, uma vez que este está inserido numa matriz sedimentar. Nessa perspectiva, estudos de processos de formação constituem uma etapa fundamental para o estudo de qualquer contexto arqueológico, pois a investigação dos agentes naturais e culturais que formam e transformam o depósito é condição sine qua non para quaisquer inferências de comportamento.Abstract: This article is an argument about the importance of Geoarchaeology as a basic component of any archaeological research. The geoarchaeological approach arises from the interface between Archaeology and the Earth Sciences, more specifically from the application of concepts, methods, and techniques of the latter to the former, highlighting the spatial characteristics that make up the archaeological record. The implications of the Geosciences in archaeological methods and techniques have historically been verified since the earliest days of Archaeology as a scientific discipline, and this interface is justified by the spatial nature of the archaeological record itself since it is inserted in a sedimentary matrix. In this perspective, studies of formation processes constitute a fundamental stage for the study of any archaeological context, since the investigation of the natural and cultural agents that form and transform the deposit is a condition sine qua non for any inferences of behavior.

Part 5: Participation and eServices ; International audience ; Many discussions enforce the need to encourage Society's involvement and participation in public issues. This paper moves towards the idea that the use of conversations about public services encourages closer ties between Society and Government. It presents a tool to support discussion and share of information about public service processes. The tool also enables the use of information obtained from conversations to identify service improvements.

PurposeBusiness process training is a crucial activity in the business process management lifecycle, performed whenever an organization needs to train workers about how to carry out their activities according to defined processes, after significant process changes, or whenever new workers come on board. Due to their motivational character, serious games have been understood as an unconventional alternative to support training in organizational processes. Still, methodologies to design serious digital games specifically for business process training are missing in the literature. This research paper presents a method – Play Your Process for Training (PYP4Training) – for designing digital games for business process training.Design/methodology/approachThe research is guided by design science research methodologies and comprises the adaptation of Play Your Process (PYP), a method for designing business process-based digital games (BPBDG). PYP activities and supporting tools were shaped to cope with the specific requirements of BPBDG design for process training purposes, bringing to light a new method: PYP4Training.FindingsPYP4Training was evaluated by designing a BPBDG for training a heavy equipment maintenance process in a multinational mining company. The game was evaluated by process owners and actors who reported a positive perception of the game as an option for process training. However, there is still space for improving trainees' engagement.Originality/valueThe research proposes an innovative way for business process training using digital games. Nevertheless, literature shows a lack of systematic procedures to build such games and results about their use.

Objective of the study: To propose and evaluate the DIMEP methodology for diagnosing and monitoring the maturity of startups in academic institutions, based on dimensions, subdimensions and maturity levels for evaluating startups at different entrepreneurial journey stages.Methodology: Exploratory, with the proposal of DIMEP, based on the concepts of entrepreneurial journey in academic environments and critical success factors for startups; and its application in a case study to evaluate the entrepreneurial journey promoted in the innovation ecosystem of a Brazilian university.Originality / Relevance: Stimulating student entrepreneurship requires a monitoring methodology throughout the entrepreneurial journey. The literature still lacks well-structured proposals in this regard. DIMEP emerges as an evaluation methodology with demonstrated applicability in this context.Main Results: DIMEP was evaluated during a pre-acceleration program of the university under study, proving to help monitor the projects, allowing an objective assessment of their progress and difficulties, diagnosing particular aspects of each project and the most challenging dimensions for all the program's startups.Theoretical / Methodological Contributions: A generic methodology for diagnosing the maturity of innovative ventures. Its positive aspects include generality, structuring around a well-defined entrepreneurial journey, the possibility of carrying out qualitative and quantitative analyzes and flexibility to customize different universities' entrepreneurship journeys.Social / Managerial Contributions: DIMEP has applicability potential in evaluating startups in other institutions, contributing to the development of their innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems, concerning monitoring the entrepreneurial journey.