With these activities, small communities began to be built around farming.
About 9,000 years ago, the Native Americans in Mexico and Central America began cultivating Maize, or something similar to corn. They also began growing beans. With these activities, small communities began to be built around farming. However, the Maya Civilization wouldn't emerge for another 6000 years. The Ancient Maya Civilization was obsessed with the night sky and built massive and impressive observatories to watch the stars and planets. They had a deep understanding of the night skies and tracked celestial bodies, and were able to make predictions about the alignments and positions of planets. They are, however, most famous for the Mayan calendar, which made its way into pop culture with the 2012 movie titled 2012.