I would think that ethnography would get you farther than archaeology, especially as the places were fairly regularly cleaned of detritus. The demographic who lived that experience is aging, but still very much alive. From the tales I've heard, there were "by consent" areas for the different and quite disparate types of people who attended.

Lyle Browning, RPA


On Jun 27, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Jeremy Pye <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> All,
> 
> Several months ago I conducted a survey of a ruined drive-in movie theater in Mississippi. It was a very interesting project and I plan to prepare an article or conference presentation about it. I just did a quick search online for drive-in theater archaeology and did not come up with much. Are any of you aware of other archaeological work at old drive-in theaters?
> 
> Thanks.
> Jeremy Pye