You are hereHomeBARSeptember/October 1988Why Did the Early Israelites Dig All Those Pits? See Paul W. Lapp, The 1968 Excavations at Tell Taannek, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (BASOR) 195 (1969), p. 34. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.