| Edith Eccles | |
| Birth Date: | 8 October 1910 |
| Birth Place: | Liverpool |
| Nationality: | British |
| Field: | Archaeology |
| Work Institutions: | British School at Athens Bryn Mawr College |
| Alma Mater: | Royal Holloway, University of London |
| Known For: | Excavations at Knossos and Arkalochori |
| Awards: | Mary Paul Collins Scholarship in Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College |
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.
During the 1930s she was a friend of Mercy Money-Coutts who worked and travelled with her in Greece and beyond.[2] She remained active after the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis that ultimately ended her life.[3]
In 1935, Eccles assisted the archaeologist Spyridon Marinatos with excavations at the cave sanctuary of Arkalochori.[3] 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,[3] whilst researching gems and seal stones of the Late Minoan and Mycenean periods.[5]