Oh,m we were on the tour at Chichen Itza where the guide explained that there WAS no Mayan human sacrifice. Nope, the EVIL White Man made that up to demonize them. In reality, they were the world's first and foremost surgeons. Yup.
Reminds me of the Muzzies on the Dome of the Rock who say there never was a Jewish Temple on the site. "You can convince some of the people some of the time...."
That would make them awfully unique among ancient societies. Heck, barely 300 years ago, many of us "European-Americans'" ancestors were busy burning and hanging "witches", chosen by such scientific means as some random farmer saying "she put the evil eye on my cow, and the cow died" or the infamous dunking test: You float, it's unnatural, so you're a witch, we'll burn you now -- you don't float, it's natural, you're not a witch, too bad we had to drown you to make sure of that. All done to please their God, of course, since they were convinced their God wanted them to do this.
Cross-hatch trephination notwithstanding.