, ▁a ▁May an ▁arch ae ologist ▁and ▁contemporary ▁of ▁Le ▁Pl on geon ' s , ▁spent ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁time ▁exam ining ▁the ▁same ▁evidence ▁that ▁Le ▁Pl on geon ▁discovered ▁at ▁Ch ichen ▁It za . ▁Thompson ▁also ▁the or ized ▁about ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁a ▁connection ▁between ▁the ▁May a , ▁Atl ant is ▁and ▁the ▁Old ▁World , ▁but ▁even ▁his ▁assess ment ▁of ▁Le ▁Pl on ge ons ▁theories ▁was : ▁" Don ' t ▁build ▁too ▁much ▁on ▁Le ▁Pl on geon ' s ▁theories ▁or ▁claims . ▁Not ▁a ▁single ▁point ▁of ▁contact ▁between ▁the ▁old ▁and ▁new ▁world s ▁before ▁the ▁Columb ian ▁era ▁can ▁be ▁proved ▁by ▁monuments ▁or ▁facts ▁so ▁far ▁found ▁in ▁Y uc atan ▁or ▁ad jo ining ▁provinces ." ▁ ▁Some ▁modern ▁critics ▁have ▁focused ▁on ▁Le ▁Pl on geon ' s ▁Rom antic ▁t endencies ▁and ▁the ▁consequ ent ▁impact ▁on ▁his ▁theories . ▁Brian ▁M . ▁F agan , ▁professor ▁of ▁Anth rop ology ▁and ▁author , ▁op ined ▁that ▁Le ▁Pl on geon ' s ▁theories ▁" w elled ▁up ▁from ▁[ his ] ▁rom antic ▁sub cons cious ." ▁Juan ▁Pe on ▁Con tr eras , ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Museo ▁Y uc ate co ▁and ▁a ▁contemporary ▁of ▁Le ▁Pl on geon , ▁relay ed ▁that ▁Le ▁Pl on geon ' s ▁theories ▁were ▁the ▁product ▁of ▁" ab stru se ▁arch ae ological ▁reasoning ▁and ... med itation ." ▁Evans ▁writes ▁that ▁Le