Original sentence: Whichever sequence of event is true, the house was soon demolished and the debris used to form a roughtly circular mound over the wall stumps.Within first years, rich members of the community were cremated and buried close to the Eastern end of the building, in much the same way as Christians might seek to be buried close to a saint's grave
Edited sentence: Whichever sequence of event is true, the house was soon demolished and the debris used to form a roughly circular mound over the wall stumps.Within the next few years, rich members of the community were cremated and buried close to the Eastern end of the building, in much the same way as Christians might seek to be buried close to a saint's grave