Excavations in Usatove have revealed surface dwellings with stone walls, pottery with corded and painted ornamentation, earthenware figurines of women, and copper weapons and adornments.

The deceased Usatove people were buried in a flexed position on their sides; tribal leaders were in the central chambers of the structures.

[1] Regional variants of Trypillia C2 in western Ukraine and Moldova might have played an important role in the origins of the northwestern Indo-European language branches.

In particular, the Trypillia C2 Usatove culture might have played a significant role as the intermediary between Proto-Indo-European and the Germanic branch.

In contrast, the new rulers of the steppes buried in richly furnished kurgans, especially with weapons such as bronze daggers and axes.

Prestige pottery of the Maikop culture from the north-eastern shore of the Black Sea was only found in kurgan tombs.

The first indications of grain cultivation (often millet and oats, as well as emmer, common wheat, barley and peas) were found in Usatove.