oopart

English

Alternative forms

• OOPART, OOPArt, OOPart, OOPA, oopa

Etymology

Abbreviation of "out of place artifact".

Noun

oopart (plural ooparts)

1. (among conspiracy theorists) 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.
   • 1989, From Eternity to Eternity: The Song of Eternity, →ISBN, page 57:

     "Out-Of-Place-Artifacts." These ooparts are artifacts or objects that archeologists have found in digging into ancient civilizations and that appear to be out-of-place […]

   • 2001, Rene Noorbergen, Secrets of the Lost Races: New Discoveries, →ISBN, page 2:

     In many cases, the technical sophistication of the ooparts extends far beyond the inventive capabilities of the ancient peoples among whose remains they were discovered.

Translations

Translations

• Japanese: オーパーツ (ōpātsu)

Anagrams

• atropo-