Edith Eccles (8 October 1910 in Liverpool – 24 June 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]

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.[6]
  • 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 "Unpublished Objects from Palaikastro and Praisos.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. [1].

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d 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). Retrieved 16 September 2024
  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.
  6. ^ Eccles, Edith (November 1940). "§ 6. The Seals and Sealings". Annual of the British School at Athens. 40: 43–49. doi:10.1017/S0068245400004937. ISSN 2045-2403.


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