The Mayans remarkably well observed the skies recording and interpreting into what they often believed was the will and actions of gods. They were able to locate and identify stars, from plants, and spent much of their time looking at the moon and celestial bodies.
They are often considered the first astronomers and were accurate in producing a writing system with a numerical system that was unprecedented in Mesoamerica.
<em>Many of their buildings, temples and archaeological sites were built with the knowledge of astronomy in mind. </em>
They tracked solar and lunar eclipses.
Their understanding of the skies was so developed that in some aspects is considered more accurate than that of the Spanish at the time of the exploration of the New World.
