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Edith Eccles

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Nationality
  
British

Died
  
24 June 1977

Fields
  
Archaeology

Field
  
Archaeology

Born
  
8 October 1910 Liverpool (
1910-10-08
)

Known for
  
Excavations at Knossos and Arkalochori

Notable awards
  
Mary Paul Collins Scholarship in Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College

Alma mater
  
Royal Holloway, University of London

Institutions
  
Bryn Mawr College, British School at Athens

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. She studied at Royal Holloway, University of London.

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Career

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

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

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. Eccles studied Greek Archaeology under Mary Hamilton Swindler, whilst researching gems and seal stones of the Late Minoan and Mycenean periods.

Selected Works

  • Eccles, Edith. "The Seals and Sealings." Annual of the British School at Athens vol. 40(1940): 43-49. [1]
  • 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 "Unpublished Objects from Palaikastro and Praisos.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. [2].
  • References

    Edith Eccles Wikipedia