They did. There was a period of about a hundred years where "archaeologists" basically ascribed any particularly large sites in North America to the toltecs or

They did. There was a period of about a hundred years where "archaeologists" basically ascribed any particularly large sites in North America to the toltecs or other mesoamerican elites. Such a confused person is how Toltec mounds got its name. These days such a suggestion would be considered along the same lines as a racist version of geocentrism, which is probably why they felt brushed off.