Excavation Unit E was a 5-x-5-ft square situated east of Unit B along the south edge of the north wall. It was placed to include a possible extension of
the convento's east wall. Faunal recovery in E only accounts for six percent (n=46) of the Phase I total. Of that number, 13 percent (n=6) shows
evidence of butchering. The material was spread through every level and, as in the previous four units, differed very little in the animals recovered
between the upper and lower levels. The lowest level excavated concluded at a depth of 54 inches.

The low recovery in Unit E produced the remains of only three domestic food animals and two wild ones: cow, goat, chicken, squirrel, and catfish.
Two rodents, one a roof rat (Rattus rattus) and the other not identified, were also found. The squirrel (Sciurus niger) is the only one recovered in
Phase I excavations. Levels in Unit E at 39 inches and in E-l at 18-24 inches contained the most identifiable genera (three each).

Phase II

Phase II excavations at the Alamo north wall also produced a large and well-preserved collection of faunal material (Tables A-4, A-5, and A-6). The
two units opened, extensions of Phase I units A and E, yielded 458 bones and bone fragments, of which 97 exhibited butchering marks. Unit EII was
established west and north of Unit E from Phase I to further expose features noted in the latter. Likewise, Unit AII was an expansion of A, opened
about three feet to the west. The stratigraphy of EII was complex as it crossed several buried structural features. AII was much simpler, resembling AI
in its stratigraphic structure.

Unit AII

As with Unit A, Unit AII produced the largest count of faunal remains and animals identified; however, the faunal list from AII differs from A. The
differences suggest that, despite being stratigraphically similar in composition, they may represent different periods of bone deposition. Identified
animals in AII are represented by five types of domestic animals, two kinds of rodents, and eight wild genera. No unit of Phase I produced more wild
than domestic animals.

AII resembles all other Phase I and Phase II units in the presence of goats, cows, dogs, chickens, and turkeys. It differs from all Phase I units except
E in lacking identified pig remains. More striking in difference is the presence of two aquatic species other than catfish: alligator and soft-shell turtle.
Soft-shell turtles are still abundant in Texas rivers, but the presence of an alligator is today a rarity beyond the coastal bend. Conant (1975:35),
however, lists central Texas as within the original range of the reptile. The presence of a river otter (Lutra canadensis) was also unexpected, though its
pre-European range was also into central Texas. The only duck and opossum represented in either Phase I or Phase II occurred in AII.

AII closely resembles A in the butcher-marked element category. Vertebrae are the most commonly damaged elements (n = 18) followed by ribs (n=
14) and long bones (n= 13), a distribution similar to the numbers from Phase I, A and B. Butchered pelvic elements are more common in AII than any
other unit from either phase. About 19 percent of the bones from AII (n=55) exhibit butchering marks This percentage is greater than that from any
units except EII and C. Considering the disturbed deposits in C, butchered bones in AII exceed all but EII as a percentage of the total level recovery.