Southern Cult

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Mississippian cultural phenomenon archaeological culture complex religious and artistic tradition

Southern Cult is an archaeological term for a widespread pre-Columbian religious and artistic tradition in the Southeastern United States, characterized by elaborate iconography, ceremonial objects, and ritual practices associated with Mississippian cultures.

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Label Occurrences
Southern Cult canonical 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mississippian cultural phenomenon ⓘ
archaeological culture complex ⓘ
religious and artistic tradition ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Caddoan Mississippian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cahokia-related cultures NERFINISHED ⓘ
Etowah culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fort Ancient culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mississippian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endTime circa 1600 CE ⓘ
fieldOfStudy North American archaeology ⓘ
iconographic analysis ⓘ
religious archaeology ⓘ
foundAtSite Cahokia Mounds NERFINISHED ⓘ
Etowah Indian Mounds NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Jackson Mounds NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moundville Archaeological Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spiro Mounds NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName SECC NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southeastern Ceremonial Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Death Cult NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic ceremonial objects ⓘ
cosmological symbolism ⓘ
elaborate iconography ⓘ
elite-associated art ⓘ
mortuary symbolism ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ
symbolic motifs ⓘ
warfare symbolism ⓘ
iconographyFeature birdman or falcon dancer figure ⓘ
cross-in-circle motif ⓘ
forked-eye surround ⓘ
hand-and-eye motif ⓘ
raptor imagery ⓘ
serpents and horned serpents ⓘ
skull and bone imagery ⓘ
war clubs and maces ⓘ
weeping eye motif ⓘ
involvesObject ceremonial gorgets ⓘ
ceremonial maces ⓘ
copper plates ⓘ
engraved shell gorgets ⓘ
ritual pipes ⓘ
stone palettes ⓘ
region Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern United States
religiousAspect linked to ancestor veneration ⓘ
linked to cosmological three-worlds model ⓘ
linked to fertility and agricultural rites ⓘ
linked to warfare rituals ⓘ
startTime circa 1000 CE ⓘ
studiedBy archaeologists of the Southeastern United States ⓘ
timePeriod Late Prehistoric period in Eastern North America ⓘ
Mississippian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
use archaeological term ⓘ

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southeastern ceremonial complex → alsoKnownAs → Southern Cult ⓘ
subject surface form: Southeastern Ceremonial Complex