Uaxactn is an archaeological site and one of the last traditional petn communities settled in the heart of the maya biosphere reserve since the early1900s the site of uaxactn with its ancient name of siaan kaan or born in heaven is located in the north of petn guatemala uaxactn also known as waxactn was a major mayan city situated about twelve miles north of the most important mayan city in the classic period tikal the ceramic acropolis plaza sequence that came out of early work