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Alexander von Wuthenau

Baron Alexander von Wuthenau-Hohenthurm (8 January 1900 – 10 January 1994), also known as Alejandro, was a German-Mexican architect, diplomat, art historian and archaeologist.

He wrote several books on trans-cultural diffusion and the ethnic composition of pre-Columbian America, chiefly of Mesoamerica. Based on analysis of archaeological pieces, both his own and others, von Wuthenau argued that the continent, contrary to mainstream theories, was ethnically heterogeneous and populated by people of Amerindian, black, white, Middle Eastern, East Asian, and mixed-race appearance, and thus had been thoroughly contacted by outside groups prior to European colonization in the 15th century. These ideas were opposed by many Mexican academics and have been described as lacking evidence. Provided by Wikipedia