The team of archaeologists is currently excavating the two main structures, and it is hoped that this year the work will be extended to other sectors of the site that include minor structures in order to know the sequence of occupation of the city and the functioning of its various constructions .

Adriana Velázquez Morlet, director of the Centro INAH in the state of Quintana Roo, reported that at the end of the first stage of the archaeological work, the site will join a group of archaeological sites of this region. A new road being built will creat a cultural route that tentatively starts at Bacalar, through Ichkabal, Dzibanche, Kinichna, Kohunlinch and in the future Chakanbakán, with major benefits for the inhabitants of the region. It is expected that in two years more Ichkabal can be accessed by the public.

The archaeologist noted that this site was probably the seat of importance, because of the large buildings, such as those in place .

The site was recently discovered in 1995 when Mr Alejandro Cano, founder of the ranch "El Suspiro", located in Ejido Bacalar, Quintana Roo, who reported the existence of a pre-Hispanic ruins to archaeologists Evelia Light Campaign and Javier López Camacho INAH researchers , who in those days were on a tour of the southern state, registering prehispanic sites.

When archaeologists came to Ichkabal realized that this was a huge Mayan settlement, they began mapping and began collecting basic information determining that this was a first class city, whose largest base measuring 200 meters and 46 meters in height. This is a city whose construction began in the Preclassic era, 250 years ago before Christ.

Velázquez Morlet explained that although the area has not revealed many architectural details, by looking at the mounds covered by lush vegetation of the area, there is a sens that the construction style is Petén. The site is well preserved, although there have been some attempts of looting, possibly from the 70s and 80s.

Likewise, today reported that the State Government of Quintana Roo and the Municipality of Othon P. Blanco, which is located Ichkabal, build the access road to the site, which will be considered a breakthrough because previously impassable in rainy season.