Pongo de Manseriche

Research Article| September 30, 1927 Pongo de Manseriche JOSEPH T. SINGEWALD, JR. JOSEPH T. SINGEWALD, JR. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information JOSEPH T. SINGEWALD, JR. Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 26 Nov 1926 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 © 1927 Geological Society of America GSA Bulletin (1927) 38 (3): 479–492. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-38-479 Article history Received: 26 Nov 1926 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation JOSEPH T. SINGEWALD; Pongo de Manseriche. GSA Bulletin 1927;; 38 (3): 479–492. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-38-479 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract IntroductionThe canyons of the Amazon River system in the eastern ranges of the Andes of Peru are there known by the Indian name of pongo. The most famous of these is the Pongo de Manseriche, cut by the Marañon River through the eastern range of the Andes, where it emerges from the cordillera into the flat terrane of the Amazon Basin.The Pongo de Manseriche lies nearly 500 miles upstream from Iquitos, and consequently nearly 3,000 miles above the mouth of the Amazon River. It is situated in the heart of the montaña, in a vast region the ownership of which has long been in dispute between Peru and Ecuador, but over which neither country exercises any police or other governmental control. The region is uninhabited except for small bands of seminomadic Aguaruna Indians. They are a branch of the savage Jivaro Indians, known principally through their gruesome custom . . . This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.