Born 1941. He studied Anthropology, Prehistory and Ancient American Studies in Göttingen (1961-62), Berlin (1962-1963) and Hamburg (1963-1968).
He graduated in 1968 with a PhD in Hamburg (on Die rezente Naturvölkerkeramik im Amazonasgebiet – die „Keramikprovinzen“ und ihr Vergleich mit den Kulturprovinzen) and worked in the Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, where he followed Wilhelm Bierhenke.
Between 1980 and 1992 he carried out various field trips to Morocco (on pottery).
(text by Dieter Haller based on BAA, photo source: http://www.schnepels-scheune.de/kontakt.htm)
