Archeologists haven't popularized anything.
Palstaves are a type of early bronze axe. Commonly found in northern, western and south-western Europe, palstaves are cast in moulds. John Evans is an archeologist who popularized the term "palstave". A paalstab is not an axe, but rather a digging shovel.
∀x (Palstave(x) → From(x, earlybronzeage) ∧ Axe(x)) ∀x ∀y (Palstave(x) ∧ Mould(y) → FoundIn(x, northerneurope) ∧ FoundIn(x, westerneurope) ∧ FoundIn(x, south-westerneurope) ∧ CastIn(x, y)) Archeologist(johnevans) ∧ Popularized(johnevans, termpalstave) ∀x (Paalstab(x) → ¬Axe(x) ∧ DiggingShovel(x))