diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 7ab1664..1425578 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ src/h5core/h5t_map_private.h -text
 src/h5core/h5t_openclose.c -text
 src/h5core/h5t_readwrite.c -text
 src/h5core/h5t_readwrite_private.h -text
+src/h5core/h5t_ref_elements.c -text
 src/h5core/h5t_retrieve.c -text
 src/h5core/h5t_retrieve_private.h -text
 src/h5core/h5t_storemesh.c -text
diff --git a/src/h5core/Makefile.am b/src/h5core/Makefile.am
index 53ba734..3ddf7bf 100644
--- a/src/h5core/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/h5core/Makefile.am
@@ -1,33 +1,10 @@
 # src level Makefile.am
 
-# PATH SETTING (IMPORTED FROM CONFIGURE)
-HDF5ROOT = @HDF5ROOT@
-
-OBJEXT = o
-
 # COMPILERS
 CC = @CC@
 
-#INCLUDES
-HDFINC = -I$(HDF5ROOT)/include
-MPIINC = @MPIINC@
-
-INC = $(HDFINC) ${MPIINC} -I. -I../include -I../include/h5core
-
-# H5Part header file location
-H5PINC = -I@prefix@/include
-
-# COMPILER FLAGS
-CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@ ${INC}
-
-# H5Part compiled library location
-H5PLIB = -L@prefix@/lib
-
-# HDF5 LIBRARY
-HDFLIB = -L$(HDF5ROOT)/lib -lhdf5 -lz $(SZLIB) @LDFLAGS@
-
-# SZ LIBRARY
-SZLIB = @SZLIB@
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I@HDF5ROOT@/include @MPIINC@ -I. -I../include -I../include/h5core
+AM_CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@ 
 
 EXTRA_HEADERS =					\
 	../include/h5core/h5_attribs.h		\
@@ -42,6 +19,7 @@ EXTRA_HEADERS =					\
 	../include/h5core/h5t_map.h		\
 	../include/h5core/h5t_openclose.h	\
 	../include/h5core/h5t_readwrite.h	\
+	../include/h5core/h5t_ref_elements.h	\
 	../include/h5core/h5t_retrieve.h	\
 	../include/h5core/h5t_storemesh.h	\
 	../include/h5core/h5t_tags.h		\
@@ -72,6 +50,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = $(EXTRA_HEADERS)
 # Files that I don't want to include in the dist tar ball
 nodist_include_HEADERS =
 
+OBJEXT = o
 # What to build... Will be determined by configure script.
 lib_LIBRARIES = libH5Core.a
 
@@ -103,6 +82,7 @@ libH5Core_a_SOURCES =				\
 	h5t_map.c				\
 	h5t_openclose.c				\
 	h5t_readwrite.c				\
+	h5t_ref_elements.c			\
 	h5t_retrieve.c				\
 	h5t_storemesh.c				\
 	h5t_tags.c				\
@@ -117,9 +97,6 @@ all: ../lib/libH5Core.a
 ../lib/libH5Core.a: libH5Core.a
 	-cp $^ $@
 
-%.o : %.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INC) -c $<
-
 $(libH5Core_a_OBJECTS): $(libH5Core_a_DEPENDENCIES)
 
 clean:
diff --git a/src/h5core/h5t_ref_elements.c b/src/h5core/h5t_ref_elements.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ed5594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/h5core/h5t_ref_elements.c
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#include "h5_core.h"
+
+const h5t_ref_element_t h5t_tri_ref_element = {
+	2,
+	{3, 3, 1}, // #vertices, #edges, #triangles
+	{
+		[0] = {1, 1, 1},		// #vertices of vertices
+		[1] = {2, 2, 2},		// #vertices of edges
+		[2] = {3}			// #vertices of trinagles
+	},
+	{
+		[0] = {{0}, {1}, {2}},		// 3 vertices
+		[1] = {{0,1}, {0,2}, {1,2}},	// 3 edges
+		[2] = {{0,1,2}}			// 1 triangles
+	},
+	{{0.0, 0.0}, {1.0, 0.0}, {0.0, 1.0}},
+};
+
+const h5t_ref_element_t h5t_tet_ref_element = {
+	3,
+	{4, 6, 4, 1}, // #vertices, #edges, #triangles, #tetrahedra
+	{
+		[0] = {1,1,1,1},		// #vertices of vertices
+		[1] = {2,2,2,2,2,2},		// #vertices of edges
+		[2] = {3,3,3,3},			// #vertices of trinagles
+		[3] = {4}			// #vertices of tets
+	},
+	{
+		[0] = {{0}, {1}, {2}, {3}},		 	  // 4 vertices
+		[1] = {{0,1}, {0,2}, {1,2}, {0,3}, {1,3}, {2,3}}, // 6 edges
+		[2] = {{0,1,2}, {0,1,3}, {0,2,3}, {1,2,3}},	  // 4 triangles
+		[3] = {{0,1,2,3}}					  // 1 tets
+	},
+	{{0.0, 0.0, 0.0}, {1.0, 0.0, 0.0}, {0.0, 1.0, 0.0}, {0.0, 0.0, 1.0}},
+};
+
+