Footnote 3 – Aegeans in Israel: Minoan Frescoes at Tel Kabri
The dowel holes are the center of some controversy, but the most likely use is to put a vertical piece of wood into each one and then slide horizontal pieces of wood onto them, so that the vertical pieces go through a hole in each end of the horizontal piece, thereby creating a façade of wood for the stone walls (like a modern-day window blind, but for a wall).