English Explanatory Dictionary

oopart

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An object found in a very unusual or apparently impossible archaeological context (like the Coso sparkplug found in an allegedly 500,000-year-old geode) which would challenge conventional historiography and chronology if authentic.

Word forms

oopart ooparts OOPA

Etymology

Abbreviation of "out of place artifact".

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