Though ancient Mesoamericans did not develop formal lunar calendars, they nevertheless timed diverse agricultural activities with the lunar phases. Only the Classic Period Maya created a complex system of recording the lunar cycles, called the Lunar Series, attached to various mythological or historical narratives. It is probable that the structure of the Lunar Series was used to make eclipse predictions.
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Iwaniszewski, S. (2015). Counting lunar phase cycles in Mesoamerica. In Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy (pp. 709–714). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6141-8_54
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