Der har været arkæologiske udgravningen i Galgedil i 1988, 1999-2002 og i 2005 
og foretaget "renrums-udgravninger" for at sikre ukontamineret [[DNA]].<ref name="Evidence of Authentic DNA from Danish Viking Age Skeletons Untouched by Humans for 1,000 Years">{{Cite journal
 | author = Linea Melchior, Toomas Kivisild, [[Niels Lynnerup]], Jørgen Dissing
 | title = Evidence of Authentic DNA from Danish Viking Age Skeletons Untouched by Humans for 1,000 Years
 | journal = [[PLoS ONE]]
 | volume = 3
 | issue = 5
 | pages = e2214
 | doi =  10.1371/journal.pone.0002214
 | url = http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0002214
}}</ref>
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