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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: conspiracy theory
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History
Abbreviation of "out of place artifact".
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