The Diario de Yucatan reports that today, on the winter solstice, workers for INAH, the federal agency that oversees the archaeological zone, is enduring a work stoppage for “non-payment of allowances.”

On the solstice, the sun splits El Castillo in half, bathing two sides in full sunlight and two sides in full shade. Workers and management at Chichen apparently are equally split, but over money.

The work stoppage apparently has not spread to workers inside the archaeological zone itself, but among workers affiliated with the ancient city.