Resumo: This work aims to review the case of the closure of the Dzibilchaltún archaeological zone, as a territorial dispute. Based on Joan Nogué’s concepts of territorial dispute and loss of place; a bibliographic and documentary review of the social history of the affected communities is carried out; Interviews were conducted with key informants from the community and public and academic sectors to identify their perspectives on the underlying causes of the conflict, the important influencing elements of the context, and the conditions and perspectives of the communities following the agreement that ended the blockade. The findings confirm a territorial dispute generated not by the occupation of the site by the INAH 50 years ago, but by the gradual exclusion of the community from it and the economic benefit it generates, perceived locally as a loss of place, in a context of change in the urban-rural relationship.
