Petén Basin, the geographical / archaeological region of Mesoamerica and a center of the Maya civilization
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He also reported that trees were being cut down by Mexican workers in the northernmost Guatemalan province of Petén.
Archaeological and environmental studies conducted by the Mirador Basin Project, directed by Richard Hansen, previously known as the Regional Archaeological Investigation of the North Petén, Guatemala (RAINPEG) Project, have identified data relevant to the origins and early development of the Maya civilization in this area.
Hansen is a specialist on the ancient Maya and also a director of the Mirador Basin Project, which investigates the mainly unexplored territory in the northern Peten, Guatemala.
It disappeared over Alta Verapaz department en route to Guatemala City from Petén in the north and was later found to have crashed in the municipality of Purulhá at a location some 75 km from departmental capital Salamá.
Xpujil is located in the south-east of the state, close to the border with Quintana Roo to the east and Peten, Guatemala, to the south.