Un soplo de vida en la pared. Arte rupestre y la noción de persona entre los mayas del Posclásico de Laguna Mensabak, Chiapas

Abstract

The rock art found on the cliffs of Lake Mensabak evinces elements linked to the notion and construction of the Mayan person during the post-classical period. To approach the way in which the “person” was conceptualized in the past, we first review these native concepts through Maya ethnographic and linguistic information within the anthropological model of personhood. Subsequently, we analyze two rock art panels on the Mensabak cliff and conclude by proposing that the Maya notion of person during the post-classical period in the region had a dividual and permeable character.