investigation of part of Usambe Area (with specific emphasis on Bako and Kpe Hills), Kwande Local Government Area, Benue State. The paper is aimed at contributing more archaeological evidence to the study of the occupational history of the Tiv of Central Nigeria. Consequently, the research elicited data through empirical investigation (employing archaeological and ethnographic surveys), while written documents were also used to collaborate surveyed information for the interpretation and explanation of the data recovered from the various archaeological sites studied. This was done in conjunction with other data like those on the environment of Bako and Kpe Hills, as well as the settlement morphology of the Usambe people. Thus, findings in the research include remains of pottery objects, relics of stone artefacts (like grindstone and stone ball), settlement structures (such as foundations of granaries and houses or huts) a water cistern and fortified stone walls. Consequently, this research revealed close similarities in the overall characteristics of artefacts identified during the investigation. It also revealed that the past Usambe/Tiv people who lived in the area understood their environmental opportunities and utilized them for their wellbeing. The research also confirmed a clear cultural continuity amongst the past and present Usambe/Tiv people through a comparative analysis of the archaeological and ethnographic data acquired in the area.