Edith Eccles

Edith Eccles (born 1910 in Liverpool; died 1977) was a British classical archaeologist who did work at the British School at Athens and worked with Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos on Crete in the 1930s.[1] She studied at Royal Holloway, University of London.[2]

Edith Eccles
Born(1910-10-08)8 October 1910
Liverpool
Died24 June 1977(1977-06-24) (aged 66)
NationalityBritish
Alma materRoyal Holloway, University of London
Known forExcavations at Knossos and Arkalochori
AwardsMary Paul Collins Scholarship in Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeology
InstitutionsBritish School at Athens
Bryn Mawr College

Career

During the 1930s she was a friend of Mercy Money-Coutts who worked and travelled with her in Greece and beyond.[3] She remained active after the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis that ultimately ended her life.[2]

In 1935, Eccles assisted the archaeologist Spyridon Marinatos with excavations at the cave sanctuary of Arkalochori.[2] She maintained a strong professional relationship with Marinatos throughout her life, which is documented through letters published in 2015.[1]

In 1936, Eccles attended Bryn Mawr College as the Mary Paul Collins Fellow in Archaeology. At that time, she worked on illustrations for Arthur Evans's publication of their excavations at Knossos.[4] Eccles studied Greek Archaeology under Mary Hamilton Swindler,[2] whilst researching gems and seal stones of the Late Minoan and Mycenean periods.[5]

Selected works
  • Eccles, Edith. "The Seals and Sealings." Annual of the British School at Athens vol. 40(1940): 43–49.
  • Hutchinson, R. W., Edith Eccles and Sylvia Benton. "Unpublished Objects from Palaikastro and Praisos. II." The Annual of the British School at Athens, vol. 40(1939): 38–59. .

References
  1. Marinatos, Nanno (2015). Sir Arthur Evans and Minoan Crete: Creating the Vision of Knossos. London; New York: I. B. Tauris. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-78076-811-3.
  2. Momigliano, Nicoletta. "EDITH ECCLES (1910-1977)" (PDF). Breaking Ground: Women in Old World Archaeology, Brown University. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  3. Elizabeth Schofield, Mercy Money-Coutts Seiradaki (1910-1993)
  4. Sir Arthur Evans (1935). The Palace of Minos at Knossos, Volume IV, Part I. Macmillan and Co. p. 347. doi:10.11588/DIGLIT.1117.
  5. "Graduates Acclaim Plan for Exchange". The College News. Bryn Mawr and Wayne, PA. 14 October 1936. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
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