Martinez Cortizas, AntonioLopez-Merino, LourdesBindler, RichardMighall, TimothyKylander, Malin E.2016-01-082016-01-082016-03-01Martinez Cortizas, A, Lopez-Merino, L, Bindler, R, Mighall, T & Kylander, M E 2016, 'Early atmospheric metal pollution provides evidence for Chalcolithic/Bronze Age mining and metallurgy in Southwestern Europe', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 545-546, pp. 398-406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.0780048-9697ORCID: /0000-0002-8365-7694/work/147569116http://hdl.handle.net/2164/5362Acknowledgements This work was funded by the projects CGL2010-20672 and HAR2008-06477-C03-03/HIST (Plan Nacional I + D + i, Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad), 10PXIB200182PR (General Directorate of I + D, Xunta de Galicia), and CDS-TCP (CSD2007-00058, Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010). We are grateful to José Antonio López-Sáez, Fernando Gil Sendino, Carmen Fernández Ochoa and Roberto Zapico for their collaboration and assistance during the fieldwork, to José Rodríguez Racedo for helping with the geochemical analyses, and to Suzanne Leroy for perceptive comments on an earlier draft.92527580engChalcolithicancient metal pollutionPb isotopespeat recordsIberian PeninsulaQE GeologyCC ArchaeologyQECCJournal article10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.078545