oopart

Meaning

Noun

  • 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.

Origin

Modern English dictionary

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