Excavations at the Terramara of Santa Rosa di Poviglio (Middle and Late Bronze Age), in the Po Plain of Northern Italy, have been ongoing since 1984 with a tight synergy of archaeologists, geoarchaeologists and bioarchaeologists. Pedological and sedimentological characterizations of the archaeological contexts are executed on field as well as in post-excavation laboratory procedures, with routine employment of radiocarbon dating and extensive use of thin section soil micromorphology. In 40 years of excavations, two out of the seven hectares composing the Terramara were investigated, unveiling various functional areas and features such as living districts with buildings, settlement perimeter with embankments, stockades and fences, bridged moats, and other hydric infrastructures. For each feature, geoarchaeological analyses defined the formation process. Results, supported by further archaeological and bioarchaeological insights, highlighted different phases and transient conditions of the Terramara in respect to cultural dynamics and climate change. The produced information covers the entire chronology of the Terramara until its last occupation phases, which are coeval with the societal crisis that caused the disappearance of the entire Terramara Culture. Moreover, analyses revealed post-abandonment taphonomy connected with the swamping of the area that happened in Medieval and subrecent times. The synergic excavations at Santa Rosa di Poviglio were among the first of their kind. The successful cooperation of professionals coming from different backgrounds is a model that has been catching on ubiquitously over time, and the routines and standards set by the activities at Santa Rosa di Poviglio constitute good reference for the feasibility of the composite approach and deserve to be pushed even further across more archaeological endeavours.