Inhabitants of the Basin of Mexico were able to keep an accurate agricultural calendar without the navigational and calendric instruments of the 16th-century Europeans.
Ancient Mexicans closely watching the sun from only a single location accurately tracked the seasons and operated a farming calendar that fed millions.
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A new study revealed that ancient Aztecs might have used the sun and their rugged landscape to mark critical points in the seasons optimal for planting or harvesting.