In the eastern distribution areas of the Bandkeramik, a distinction is generally made between the early (earliest LBK), middle (musicnote) and late (Želiezovce) phases. In Volhynia, all three stages of this chronological sequence can be shown. Between Prut River and Southern Bug, the earliest LBK is absent and musicnote decoration was still in use here in the later LBK. At the same time, the Želiezovce influence is barely perceptible.

The late LBK reached as far as the Dnieper and the Bug with their easternmost settlements. More than 500 LBK sites are known from eastern Poland, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine; the first ones were discovered at the end of the 19^th century. Since then, excavations have only been carried out on a small scale. Relatively large numbers of LBK-sites can be found in the Rzeszow Sub Carpathian zone, in the vicinity of Lutsk and along the middle Prut River. In the areas east of the Vistula River and the Carpathians, the knowledge level in terms of house building, settlement layout and fine chronological differentiation is low in comparison to the situation in the western and central distribution areas of the Bandkeramik. This may also be due to the fundamentally difficult observation conditions in the black earth areas and the regular, multiphase nature of the sites.

While the Criş culture extends as an offshoot of the Balkan Early Neolithic in central Moldova between the Prut and Reut rivers, the Bug-Dniester culture hardly exceeds the Dniester to the west. There are numerous Criş influences in the Bug-Dniester culture. In this late Mesolithic-early Neolithic milieu, the Bandkeramik, following the Carpathian arc, penetrates from the northwest. Particularly noteworthy are the extensive relations of the LBK with the early Neolithic groups of the Carpathian Basin; also conspicuous are the numerous Alföld and Bükk imports. However, the extent of the contact between the LBK and the Bug-Dniester culture and the Forest-Neolithic groups is significantly lower. The relationships with neighbouring Neolithic groups to the south, such as the Dudeşti and the Boian, are weak. This may a result of greater spatial distance and partially divergent dating between these groups. Perhaps surprisingly, any traces of contact between the Bandkeramik and the early Precucuteni are missing.