Edith Eccles

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]

• 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 "Unpublished Objects from Palaikastro and Praisos.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. .