madaniyati SAO

SAO,madaniyati arkheologiero guyand, ki asrhoi 10—19 dar poyonobi daryohoi Shari va Logone (territooriyai hozirai Respublikai Chad) mavjud bud. Muvofiqi rivoyatho SAO-ro khalqi sao, ki ba sohilhoi kuli Chad az Bilmi Sahroi Kabir omada bud, ba vujud ovardaast. Aholi asosan bo shikor, mohigiri, dehqoni, kosibi, ohangari mashgul bud. Dar natijai hafriyoti arkheologii solhoi 20 asri 20 (T. Mono va F. V. Vulsen) va khususan az soli 1936 (bostonshinosi fransavi J. P. Lebef) boqimondahoi boshishgohhoi ziyod tadqiq karda shudand. Kharobahoi devorhoi shahr va khonahoi pokhsagi, masnuoti safoli (haykalchaho, bozichaho, asbobi zebu zinat, khumhoi gadlanigahdori), oloti filizi va ustukhoni kashf gardidand. Khususan haykalhoi gili (mutaalliq ba asri 10) — sari odami va mujassamahoe, ki tarhi ruyashon behad tagyir doda shudaand, jolibi diqqatand. Madaniyati SAO zohiran, ba madaniyati davlathoi Kanem-Bornu, inchunin mamlakathoi digari hamsoya tasir rasondaast.