[PW] Archaeological Excavations of Tycho Brahe's Stjerneberg on the Island of Ven...

[Kevin O'Kelly]

Hi:

I am about to rush out the door, so I didn't have a lot of time to put into this, but in the American Journal of Archaeology's Bibliography of Archaeology Books 1921, there was an entry for:

A. Chagny, C. Christensen, and F. Beckett. Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg and Stjerneborg on the Island of Hveen. Copenhagen, 1921.

That may have information on the 1901 excavations. Unfortunately I am at home right now and don't have access to WorldCat. 

I will see what I can find later. 

I realize this isn't much, but it's a start....

Kevin

Phredd Groves <phredd at gmail.com> wrote: Dear w0mbats,

Via picture captions, I believe that Tyho Brahe's observatory
Stjerneborg (or Stellaburgi in Latin) has been subject to
archaeological excavation in 1951 and possibly 1901.  Stjerneborg and
Brahe's castle, Uraniborg, were built on the Island of Ven (which is
currently Swedish.  It had been Danish and called Hven).

I have been trying with no success to discover:

1. Who or what entities performed these excavations?
2. Did they publish their findings?
3. If they published, where I can find the publications?

It'd be lovely if there was a publication in English, but I suspect
that any such publication would be in
Swedish or Danish.

Thank you!
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