Southern Cult objects and symbols have been found at sites throughout the American southeast; west to Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma; and up into the lower Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Clearly something was going on: embossed copper, engraved marine shell, stone figures, and the mysterious underwater panther are all representative of this pan-continental movement.
Sources
Brose, David S.1989 From the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex to the Southern Cult: "You can't tell the players without a program". In The Southeastern Ceremonial Complex: artifacts and analysis. P. Galloway, ed. Pp. 27-37. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Brown, James A. 1976 The Southern Cult reconsidered. Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 11:15-135.
Knight, Vernon J. Jr. 1986 The institutional organization of Mississippian religion. American Antiquity 51(4):675-687.
Muller, Jon. 1989 The Southern Cult. In The Southeastern Ceremonial Complex: artifacts and analysis. P. Galloway, ed. Pp. 11-26. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Any mistakes are the responsibility of Kris Hirst.

