Vocabulary

1. Quadrangle- a courtyard surrounded by buildings on all four sides

2. Funerary- relating to a funeral or the commemoration of the dead

3. Karst Topography- landscape shaped by the dissolution of layers of soluble bedrock.

4. Figure Ground- a perceptual effect; key aspects of figure ground assignment, edge definition, and its affect on shape perception; space becomes the figure while figures become part of the ground

5. Corbel- any bracket esp. of brick or stone, usually of slight extent

6. Corbel Arch- a construction like an arch but composed of masonry courses corbeled until the meet

7. Corbel Vault- a structure having the form of a vault but but constructed on the principle of a corbel arch

8. Cistern- waterproof receptacle for holding liquids.

9. Sak Beh- "White Way", connected the cities together

10. Chultunes- underground resevoir used in Puuc Mayan civilizations for catching and storing water.