I have been amazed that the idea of the wheel occurred to no one in the western hemisphere.
The wheel is easy
It is getting the axel right that is difficult.
Actually the Mayans did have a wheel but used it only on kid’s toys. One of those things you find when you read too much as I have done in the past.
https://uncoveredhistory.com/mesoamerica/wheeled-toys/
https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/home/the-concept-of-the-wheel-in-ancient-mesoamerica
I think the Aztecs or the Mayans had a spinning toy, like a pinwheel.
Heron of Alexandria made a tiny steam engine in the first century AD.
Scaling up is the issue.
Imagine if those civilizations did.